Veronica Santos has been working to improve medical mechanical devices since she injured her elbow during a high school basketball game. Santos said the accident helped her realize the importance of research in upper limb prosthetics. Read more...
Photo: An assistant researcher helped professor Veronica Santos develop touch sensitive prosthetic hands and arms for UCLA’s Biomechatronics Lab. (Emily Cao/Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers will study whether peer support increases the effectiveness of online therapy for patients diagnosed with mild depression, stress and anxiety. The two-year study, conducted by the UCLA Office of Campus and Student Resilience, hopes to identify a more effective way of treating patients with mild depression or anxiety, said Elizabeth Gong-Guy, director of the Office of Campus and Student Resilience. Read more...
Photo: UCLA researchers will conduct a two-year study to determine if peer counseling is useful for students with mental health problems such as PTSD and depression. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA students will aim to build a house from scratch with various sustainable features for an international competition in 2019. A UCLA team will compete in the Solar Decathlon, an international competition held by the U.S. Read more...
Photo: A new student group is aiming to build a sustainable house for the Solar Decathlon, an international competition hosted by the U.S. department of energy, by 2019. (Owen Emerson/Assistant Photo Editor)
Two philanthropic foundations donated $250,000 to the UCLA School of Law to establish scholarships and summer fellowships for environmental law students. The Emmett Foundation and the Shapiro Family Charitable Foundation will establish the Frank D. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Law received $250,000 to establish scholarships and summer fellowships for environmental law students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Napster co-founder Sean Parker donated $250 million to establish a cancer research center at UCLA and five other centers nationwide, UCLA officials announced Wednesday. Parker, chairman of the Parker Foundation, which funds several cancer research organizations, said in a press release he hopes the grant will assist the six cancer research facilities in developing immune therapies for cancer. Read more...
A nonprofit organization founded by a UCLA alumnus is working to clean up a massive oil spill in the Niger Delta using recently developed technology. A United Nations Environment Programme report published in 2011 revealed individuals living in the Niger Delta were drinking water contaminated with quantities of benzene, a carcinogen, that were up to 900 times what was considered safe. Read more...
Photo: Chinyere Nnadi, co-founder of Sustainability International, is working with the organization to run a small-scale cleanup of oil spills in the Niger Delta. (Courtesy of Chinyere Nnadi)
Students will build a succulent-filled wall at the Broxton public parking structure this week to add colorful, sustainable scenery to Westwood. Several undergraduate student groups are working on similar projects that aim to improve ecosystem health in Los Angeles as part of the UCLA Grand Challenges-Undergraduate Research Scholars Program. Read more...
