UCLA officials announced a new vice chancellor for research Wednesday. Roger Wakimoto, who served as assistant director for the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Geosciences, will assume his position as vice chancellor for research July 1. Read more...
Photo: Roger Wakimoto, a former chair and professor in the department of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, will serve as the vice chancellor for research beginning July 1. (UCLA Newsroom)
Common allergens such as tree pollen and mold spores pervade the air from late winter to early fall. Children and young adults are particularly susceptible to allergies in the spring allergy season, said Maria Garcia-Lloret, an expert and pediatric allergist at the Witherbee Foundation Children’s Health Center. Read more...
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A UCLA startup team won $70,000 for developing a new dental braces system. The startup Mechanodontics won the first place prize in the Lowell Milken Institute Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs on April 19. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA startup Mechanodontics won first place in the Lowell Milken Institute Sandler Prize for New Entrepreneurs on April 19. They won $70,000 for creating a new dental braces system that is more hygienic and reduces overall treatment time, a team member said. (Dayoung Lee/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA researcher is investigating how to best frame climate change research in a way that encourages the public to follow environmentally friendly practices. Magali Delmas, a professor of management at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and the Anderson School of Management, recently showcased her research in an episode of the video series “Climate Lab” published by Vox news. Read more...
Photo: Muttulingam Sanjayan, a visiting researcher and conservation scientist, films a video for the latest Climate Lab series. The first episode, released last week on Vox, was seen by nearly half a million people. (UCLA Laboratory for Environmental Narrative Strategies)
One month ago, Ariel Pezner spent nine hours straight aboard a research vessel in the Santa Monica Bay, circulating the waves above an underwater kelp forest. Read more...
A UCLA pediatric neurologist is developing a center that he hopes will treat every adolescent with epilepsy in the city. Jason Lerner, who works at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, is working to gather resources and recruit staff to establish the center, which will treat patients with epilepsy and comorbidities, or other disorders occurring simultaneously. Read more...
Photo: Jason Lerner, a pediatric neurologist at the UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, aims to create an adolescent epilepsy clinic that will integrate the expertise of many health care providers. (Esmeralda Lopez/Daily Bruin)
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of UCLA’s Disability Studies program, the Disability as Spectacle conference in the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center engaged scholars and artists in conversation about the representation of disabilities in media and literature. Read more...
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