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October 9, 11:25 pm

MEDLIFE at UCLA helps the homeless cope with stress with yoga, meditation

Monica Ho knelt to the floor, arms outstretched, nearly touching her nose to the ground in a position called the child’s pose. Her students – a group of homeless individuals – breathed deeply in the sky blue room as she instructed them to stretch and relax the muscles in their backs. Read more...

Photo: Members of UCLA MEDLIFE lead a yoga, mindfulness and meditation class every other Wednesday at Turning Point, a transitional housing facility for the homeless in Santa Monica. (Allison Ong/Daily Bruin)

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October 9, 12:27 pm

UC partners with insurance company to increase access to medical data

University of California physicians and researchers will have access to one of the largest medical databases of patient records in the country, under an agreement signed last Thursday with insurance company UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Read more...

Photo: The University of California partnered with insurance company UnitedHealth Group, Inc. last week to better control healthcare and cooperation. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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October 8, 2:46 pm

UCLA professor emeritus wins Nobel Prize in chemistry

James Stoddart, professor emeritus of chemistry and biochemistry, received the 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry, the Nobel Prize Committee announced Wednesday Stoddart, who is currently a chemistry professor at Northwestern University received the prize in conjunction with Jean-Pierre Sauvage, a professor at the University of Strasbourg, France and Bernard L. Read more...

Photo: James Stoddart, a professor emeritus of chemistry, will receive the 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for building molecular machines. (Courtesy of UCLA)

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October 7, 11:02 am

UCLA to participate in new science and technology imaging center

UCLA researchers will participate in a new science and technology center funded by the National Science Foundation. John Miao, professor of physics and astronomy, and his team of researchers, will work in the new Science and Technology Center on Real-Time Functional Imaging, or STC. Read more...

Photo: John Miao, a professor of physics and astronomy, and his research team will take part in a new imaging center funded by the National Science Foundation. (Courtesy of Shaomei Yu)

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October 5, 12:01 am

Breast cancer drug found at UCLA leads shift toward personalized care

October is the only month devoted to breast cancer awareness, but researchers at UCLA have breast cancer on their mind year-round. Increasingly, researchers and clinicians at UCLA are shifting towards personalized medicine to improve patient prognoses. Read more...

Photo: Polly Roberts, a breast cancer survivor and professor of world arts and cultures/dance, said the shift towards personalized care like that seen from UCLA researchers and clinicians has helped her cope with her stage 4 cancer. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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October 2, 11:22 pm

UCLA professor links humanities and environment through narratives

Ursula Heise brought home a Jardine’s parrot about 20 years ago when she passed by a pet shop. It was the first animal that attracted her attention, but not the last. Read more...

Photo: Ursula Heise with two of her adoptive pet birds. Red-crowned parrots (Amazona viridigenalis) are endangered in their original habitat in Northeastern Mexico, but descendants of escaped pet birds have established growing populations in Pasadena and the San Gabriel Valley. (Courtesy of Ursula Heise)

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September 29, 8:08 pm

Geffen Hall construction projected to finish in early October

The David Geffen School of Medicine will complete construction of a new building that will house classrooms and office space in early October. Geffen Hall will open at the corner of Le Conte Avenue and Tiverton Drive in January, said Clarence Braddock, vice dean for education at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: The construction of Geffen Hall, a new building for student learning and services, will be complete in the first week of October. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)


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