Heal the Bay president steps down to take UCLA post
The LA Times reported on Dr. Mark Gold's new appointment as Associate Director at the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Photo credit: Heal the BayAn announcement by UCLA said Gold will lead efforts to build the institute's education, research and public outreach program, spend half his time working for UCLA's development arm to attract donations to the institute and continue working as an adjunct professor.
"Mark has a genius for translating science so that it can be useful to local and state government agencies," Glen MacDonald, director of the institute, said in the announcement. "He also knows virtually everyone in the environmental community. The nexus that he can create between UCLA's strengths and the environmental community will be a tremendous benefit, not just to the university but the whole region."
To read the full article by Tony Barboza click here.
Published: Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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