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April 6, 2009 - Manning Marable to give 2009 Thurgood Marshall lecture at UCLA, Thursday, April 16

April 2, 2009 - "Aging is a Family Affair" UCLA Staff & Faculty Counseling Center Work Life Program Designed to help UCLA staff and faculty address the challenges of working & managing eldercare responsibilities.

March 31, 2009 - Study details strategy for boosting ranks of black HIV/AIDS researchers.

March , 2009 - UCLA launches world's top online archive of Mexican & Mexican American recordings.

March 24, 2009 - UCLA Anderson Senior Associate Dean and Professor Alfred E. Osborne Jr. receives President’s Award.Osborne was honored by the Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce with the President’s Award at the 16th annual Economic Awards Dinner on March 19. The awards are presented to individuals and corporations who have contributed to the economic growth and development of the African American economic base.

March 24, 2009 - Dolores Huerta chosen to serve as the 2009 Community Scholar. Dolores Huerta, labor leader, activist, former UC regent and co-founder of the United Farm Workers Union with César Chávez, has been chosen to serve as the 2009 Community Scholar this spring by the César Chávez Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies. Her class is entitled, “Picket Lines, Boycotts, and Action Plans.”

March 17, 2009 - UCLA Professor Kris D. Gutiérrez, Voted President-Elect of the American Educational Research Association.

March 17, 2009 - FASEB Biomedical & Behavioral Sciences: Postdoc (& first year faculty) Professional Development & Enrichment Award: Deadline May 1, 2009.

March 9, 2009 - Recognition of Diversity-Related Research, Teaching & Service–UPDATE to the UCLA CALL.

RECOGNITION OF DIVERSITY-RELATED RESEARCH, TEACHING, AND SERVICE

Update to Appendix 5 .

CRITERIA FOR STEP VI & ABOVE SCALE

Regular Professor Advancement to Step VI
Regular Professor Advancement to Above-Scale

In-Residence Advancement to Step VI

In-Residence Advancement to Above-Scale

March 7, 2009 - Study shows UCLA's diversity helps reduce racial bias.

March 6, 2009 - Summer Fellowships in Social Science Research for UCLA Assistant Professors Application deadline: April 10, 2009

March 5, 2009 - U.S. Faculty: Civic engagement, diversity important goals for undergraduate education. 75.2 percent of professors now say that they work to "enhance students' knowledge of and appreciation for other racial/ethnic groups."