Sunday, July 26

Volunteers hearten cardiac transplant patients through art, music

Doctors, nurses and visitors bustle past one another under directory signs in the white, marbled lobby of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. But upstairs on the seventh floor, noises settle into a rhythm of beeping heart monitors and murmuring nurses. Read more...

Photo: UCLA cardiologists partnered with Marymount High School students in April 2014 to establish Heal My HeART, an art and music therapy program that helps relieve patients suffering from heart failure and transplant recovery. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)


UCLA establishes new program for international pre-health students

This post was updated on Sept. 18 at 5:40 p.m. International pre-health students can now gain experience working in a U.S. hospital through a program launched this summer. Read more...

Photo: The International Health Scholar program, a partnership between COPE Health Solutions and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, allows international students to get clinical experience in the U.S. (Courtesy of Tisa Thomas)


GSA expands graduate student employment opportunities with TA Marketplace

The Graduate Students Association at UCLA is expanding its presence as a resource center for employment opportunities with new initiatives this year. The agenda includes revamping student outreach and launching an interdepartmental employment program called the TA Marketplace, said GSA President Michael Skiles. Read more...

Photo: The TA Marketplace, launched by the Graduate Students Association, will permit faculty to recruit teaching assistants from any department at UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)




ASAP Clinic provides care for students with urgent medical needs

An Ashe Center urgent care clinic that opened in spring has received positive feedback from students. Since its opening in late March, the ASAP Clinic has had more than 4,000 visits from students, said June Hu, data and applications manager for the Ashe Center. Read more...

Photo: The ASAP Clinic is a walk-in urgent care health clinic on the third floor of the Ashe Center. It opened due to complaints of overcrowding from Ashe Center patients.(Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)