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May 6, 2021
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“If something becomes stigmatized, people become reluctant to admit that they’re part of that ‘problem’-causing group so the situation actually becomes exacerbated,” said Dr. Chandra Ford, a professor of community health sciences at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Ford recommends trying to make appropriate resources available for your loved ones based on their specific concerns and letting them make their own informed decision.
“It’s really terrific. I think everybody is to be congratulated, both for stepping up and getting vaccinated so we’ve got about 40% of the California population [that] has been vaccinated. Obviously we want to get that higher, but terrific so far. And the fact that people have been still maintaining to doing the public health measures like the physical
By City News Service
May 5, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - UCLA Library has received a $2 million gift from the estate of Irla “Lee Zimmerman Oetzel, who earned three degrees from the university, including a doctorate in psychology in 1953, and was instrumental in the creation of a widely used language skills assessment tool for children.
UCLA officials said the unrestricted gift will help the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library build, maintain, preserve and promote its collection of nearly 700,000 print volumes and thousands of electronic resources, including journals, databases and other materials.
“Lee s bequest reflects her professional background and appreciation for her time spent conducting extensive research in the biomedical library, both as a student and in recent years with intermittent reference requests, said Virginia Steel, UCLA s Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian.
LOS ANGELES
The University of California, Los Angeles biomedical library received a $2 million donation from the estate of Irla “Lee” Zimmerman Oetzel, who earned three degrees from UCLA, including a doctorate in psychology in 1953, the school said.
UCLA said in a statement Tuesday that the gift will help the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library “build, maintain, preserve and promote its collection of nearly 700,000 print volumes and thousands of electronic resources, including journals, databases and other materials.”
Oetzel, who died last year at age 96, was instrumental in the creation of of the Preschool Language Scale, a widely used language skills assessment tool for children in schools and healthcare settings.
LOS ANGELES (AP) The University of California, Los Angeles biomedical library received a $2 million donation from the estate of Irla “Lee” Zimmerman Oetzel, who earned three degrees from UCLA, including a doctorate in psychology in 1953, the school said.