Neuroscience (IDP) where MCN trainees seek PhDs. The IDP is a well-established program that draws the highest quality students among all the UCLA life science programs. Faculty from 18 academic departments participate in the IDP and students: take a common core curriculum that supports the goals of the MCN. The MCN program will continue to be directed by Dr. Allan Tobin, who holds the Eleanor Leslie Chair in Neuroscience and maintains appointments in the Neurology Department within the School of Medicine and in the Physiological Science Department in the College of Letters and Science. Numerous MCN faculty have joint appointments, underscoring the "bench to beside" philosophy of the program.Ukrainian premier resigns but vows to continue fight

By MARA D. BELLABYAssociated Press Writer

Published: Saturday, January 1, 2005 at 6:30 a.m.

Last Modified: Friday, December 31, 2004 at 11:12 p.m.

KIEV, Ukraine - Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych resigned Friday and grudgingly admitted he has little hope of winning the presidency of this ex-Soviet republic. But he vowed to continue his court battle to overturn last week's elections that handed victory to his pro-Western opponent, Viktor Yushchenko.
Yanukovych's resignation, which appeared to take effect immediately, came as Yushchenko and Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili prepared to welcome the New Year side-by-side on Kiev's Independence Square, the epicenter of mass protests that overturned the political order in this nation of 48 million. The joint appearance of two post-Soviet politicians who have openly and actively courted