UCLA Headlines March 12, 2003


Date: March 12, 2003
Contact: Chris Stanton ( cstanton@support.ucla.edu )
Phone: 310-825-2585



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ECONOMY: The quarterly UCLA Anderson Forecast is cited in today's Los Angeles Times (Home Edition, Business, Pg. C1), Los Angeles Daily News (Los Angeles Edition, Section A, Pg. 1; Los Angeles Edition, Business, Pg. 1) and La Opinion (Pg. A1) in stories about the economic outlook for California. Tom Lieser, director of business forecasting at The Anderson School, and Christopher Thornberg, visiting assistant professor at The Anderson School, are quoted.

Region's Economy on 2 Tracks: One Stalled, One Moving Along   LAT

www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-calecon12_mar12,1,3648117.story

UCLA study sees little growth till '05   LADN

www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~1237058,00.html

UCLA preve bonanza economica para Los Angeles   LO

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HEALTH INSURANCE: A study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research that showed  more than six million Californians did not have health insurance in 2001 was featured Tuesday in La Opinion. E. Richard Brown, UCLA professor of public health and director of the center, was quoted (Pg. A1).

Mas de un millon de latinos de LA no tiene seguro medico
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FORUM: An article about a "Cover the Uninsured Week" forum, which took place Tuesday at UCLA, is featured in today's La Opinion. Dr. Michael Karpf, vice provost for UCLA hospital systems, and Thomas Rice, professor and vice chair of the UCLA department of health services, are quoted (Pg. A2).

Personas sin seguro tienen más probabilidades de morir prematuramente
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Quotable:

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-- Christopher Baswell, UCLA professor of English, comments in today's Los Angeles Times about a new direction in medieval studies on women (Home Edition, Calendar, Pg. E1).

The caged bird
www.calendarlive.com/cl-et-tawa12mar12.story
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-- Tom Lieser, director of business forecasting at The Anderson School at UCLA, is quoted in today's La Opinion about the rising cost of gasoline (Pg. A1).

El precio de la gasolina se pone por las nubes
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-- Dr. Lawrence Petz, UCLA professor emeritus of pathology and laboratory medicine, is quoted in today's Los Angeles Times about cancer research involving cord blood stem cells (Home Edition, Business, Pg. C1).

Amid Dread, Medical, Business Opportunities
www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-flan12mar12,1,7608933.story
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