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Frisbee-sized Moon Jellies perform their own underwater ballet in their 1,200 - gallon glass tank , undulating gracefully before a class of mesmerized Los Angeles schoolchildren on a field trip to UCLA 's Ocean Discovery Center . The first , UCLA 's Instructional Enhancement Initiative ( and partnership with The Home Education Network ) , signalled the commoditization of instruction and commercialization of higher education by means of digital technology . As we remember Sayyed Abdul Majeed and the many other courageous Iraqis who have died for the causes he championed , let us rededicate ourselves to assisting the Iraqi people to build an Iraq that is democratic , independent , peaceful , and prosperous . In 1985 , when I was in the Latin American Studies program at UCLA , I was trying to decide which of my fields to pursue in a doctoral program : history , political science , or sociology . On the fifth and final day , a splendid banquet was served up for the happy champions , who gloated shamelessly over their success . ( Not only that , but Mark said that the Principal Investigator , Chris Russell of UCLA , was notified of the cancellation while attending his mother 's funeral . We must do our utmost to encourage the development of European champions , driven by solid industrial ambition , and not by purely financial considerations . The article , by UCLA 's Sander Greenland in the August issue of the AJPH , concludes , " I believe it is the responsibility of health scientists to recognize and acknowldege these limitations of epidemiologic data , rather than continue to offer estimates of causation that teeter on concealed or unsupported assumptions . But there isn ’ t an Olympics every week ; most of our kids won ’ t be champions , and many don ’ t want to be sports stars – they want to be scientists ; they don ’ t want to be musicians , they want to be government ministers . Research by Dr. George Solomon , a pioneer in the field of psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA , has investigated how the mind and emotions impact on the immune system . Her actions have raised questions about the acquisition reforms she championed , jeopardized a multibillion-dollar tanker lease deal , and renewed scrutiny of the " revolving door " that allows federal employees to work for government contractors . Just for Teachers For the last 20 years , UCLA 's Center for the Study of Evaluation and the National Center for Research on Evaluation Standards and Student Testing have conducted research , implemented program evaluations , and developed research-based assessment using technology as an assessment tool . In class discussions and writing assignments , we will examine how various Victorian and contemporary writers and film makers used , championed , criticized , and shaped ideas about health , disease , and contagion . In some ways , with your summarizing , explicating , championing , you seem to be a sort of John the Baptist figure , announcing , preparing the way . More specifically , the intent was to use design methods as vehicles for helping citizens envision , organize , and sort ideas that may become the community-planning concepts that are shared , championed , and eventually funded . " The project started small three years ago when Spencer began working with Vejar 's Dr. Diana Ketterman-Brockett , director of Character Champions , a project linking social and literacy skill development . Working her way through college , she earned a degree in history at UCLA , and later she held several management positions with Pacific Bell .