On the ground floor of UCLA’s Boyer Hall, a huge gray machine shoots invisible X-rays at streams of bacterial crystals, each thinner than the width of a human hair. Read more...
Photo: UCLA scientists are researching a naturally occurring mosquito toxin that may be engineered in the future to kill the mosquito species that transmits dengue fever and the Zika virus. (Hannah Ye/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Therapy dogs dressed in Halloween costumes visited patients at Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA on Thursday. This event was organized by the UCLA People-Animal Connection, the hospital’s animal-assisted therapy program. Read more...
Photo: Finn, a white labrador, went around Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA to visit young patients and spread some Halloween cheer, as part of UCLA People-Animal Connection, the hospital’s animal-assisted therapy program. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA health policy professor will receive a national award for her contributions in public health. Linda Rosenstock, former dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will receive the 2016 Stephen Smith Award from The New York Academy of Medicine. Read more...
Photo: Linda Rosenstock, former dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, will receive The New York Academy of Medicine’s Stephen Smith Medal in November for her work in public health. (UCLA Newsroom)
UCLA researchers unveiled a new method to trace the origins of neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. The study attempts to reveal how the configuration of chromosomes in the brain can influence an individual’s likelihood to become schizophrenic. Read more...
Photo: Daniel Geschwind, UCLA professor of neurology and psychiatry, was the first to map the chromosomal structure of the brain to find the origins of neuropsychiatric disorders. (Courtesy of Daniel Geschwind)
The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center and UCLA School of Nursing provided UCLA students with free flu shots Monday and Tuesday in Bruin Plaza. Read more...
Photo: Students received their flu shots after BruinCard validation in Bruin Plaza on Monday. Record of the vaccination is available on the Ashe Center’s Patient Portal. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
If food waste were a country, it would be the third largest in the world behind China and the United States in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, a health sciences professor told students at a panel Monday. Read more...
Photo: The Healthy Campus Initiative hosted a panel about the impact of certain eating habits on the environment. Speakers discussed the benefits of eating a diet with more plant matter and less animal protein for the human body. (Emaan Baqai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A glowing sea of red, yellow and white lanterns will flood the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday night. The lanterns are the highlight of the Light the Night Walk, a fundraising initiative by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Read more...
Photo: (Juliette Le Saint/ Daily Bruin contributor)
