Regents’ Lecture looks at atoms
At the annual Regents’ Lecture at UCLA on Wednesday, Dr.
Donald Eigler presented a lecture titled “Building Things
with Atoms: A Report from the Small Frontier.”
The event was sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and
Biochemistry and the California Nano Systems Institute.
Eigler conducts research at the IBM Almaden Research Center in
San Jose, Calif.
In part of his presentation, through a Web connection to his
laboratory, individual atoms were moved using the scanning
tunneling microscope.
“We have the ability to manipulate individual atoms and
explore them,” Eigler said. “The work we do creates the
future and everybody should be part of it.”
Opinions on war heard at event
More than 30 students, faculty and community members gathered
Wednesday night to voice their opinions on the war against
terrorism.
The event was planned by a Los Angeles County organization
called “Days of Dialogue” in conjunction with the
Office of Residential Life.
The program aimed at allowing people to voice opinions
“free from impunity with an eye on constructive
change,” according to its executive director, Eric Boyd.
Performing arts receives grant
The Doris Duke Charitable foundation has awarded UCLA Performing
Arts a $2 million grant for programming and to launch a major
endowment campaign.
The grant provides $500,000 for current programming, residency
and commissioning endeavors over the next five years. It also
allows for a $1.5 million challenge grant to establish the Doris
Duke Charitable Foundation Endowment, as well as related named
endowments from matching funds.
“We are pleased to welcome UCLA Performing Arts to an
ever-growing circle of the country’s leading performing arts
presenting institutions,” said Olga Garay, director of Art
Programs, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
The launch of this $1.5 million endowment campaign has been
affirmed by six Royce Center Circle board members: Sally and Bill
Rutter, Shirley and Ralph Shapiro and Merle and Peter Mullin.
These members have taken the lead in pledging matching gifts
totaling more than $300,000 and establishing individual Performing
Arts endowments in their names.
Reports from Daily Bruin wire services.