Friday, February 13



UCLA student shares experiences from world travel

Min Woo Sun did not pay for tutoring classes to supplement his education when his South Korea high school shut down. Instead, he homeschooled himself and traveled the world. Read more...

Photo: Min Woo Sun, a first-year economics and international development studies, homeschooled himself and traveled the world after his high school shut down.


Food Stamp Challenge at UCLA explores food insecurity

Pushing his cart through the aisles of Ralphs, Edwin Eshaghzadeh picked out peanut butter, bread, eggs, yogurt, tuna and black beans. Eshaghzadeh had only $31.30 to spend for a week’s worth of food, a budget he has not followed since he was a child and his family was on food stamps. Read more...

Photo: Edwin Eshagzadeh, a fourth-year psychobiology student, tried to follow a food budget that replicated food stamps this past week.




Students launch club to gain support for biomedical ethics minor

During its first meeting, a new student club debated whether doctors have the right to conduct clinical trials on cancer patients, giving some patients a new drug and denying it to others. Read more...

Photo: Becky Barber, fourth-year neuroscience student and Jessica Kriksciun, fourth-year psychobiology student, co-founded Bioethics Brigades.



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