On Nov. 3, the Sunset Village Learning Center hosted a 3-D pen workshop featuring colorful 3Doodler pens. 3Doodler pens are 3-D printing pens that allow freehand creations by spitting heated plastic. Read more...
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November 3, 1:19 am
Ashe Center pharmacy to move to Ackerman Union location
The pharmacy at UCLA’s Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center will move to Ackerman Union next summer to expand clinical services within the Ashe Center, as discussed at an undergraduate student government meeting last Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Next summer, the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center pharmacy is moving to Ackerman Union to offer additional clinical services in the Ashe Center. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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November 2, 1:18 am
Students work with NASA to launch ELFIN satellite into space
Student researchers carried wrench sets, solar panels and other satellite parts as they boarded planes to Virginia this summer and early fall, in preparation for launch simulation tests on their satellite. Read more...
Photo: Vassilis Angelopoulos, the principal investigator of the ELFIN satellite and a professor of earth and space sciences, presents an executive summary during an ELFIN meeting. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 30, 2:10 am
Q&A: UCLA doctor talks WHO report, health risks of red meat
The World Health Organization released a report Monday that concluded processed meats are carcinogenic, and found some evidence that red meats are carcinogenic to humans. The Daily Bruin’s Anastasia Lukianchikov spoke with Dr. Read more...
Photo: Dr. David Heber spoke about the credibility of the World Health Organiza- tion’s report on the carcinogenic quality of red meat. (Courtesy of David Heber)
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October 29, 3:56 am
Survey results suggest revised MCAT inadequately prepares students
A survey released Friday found less than half of medical school admissions officers think the newly revised Medical College Admission Test adequately prepares students for medical school. Read more...
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October 28, 1:16 am
UK artist uses photos as recovery, education on compulsive disorder
In Liz Atkin’s self-portrait, her black tears ran down her face and trailed onto her chest, transforming into scribbles that expressed her anxious feelings. The photograph, which is displayed in the David Geffen School of Medicine, is one in a series illustrating her experience with a compulsive skin picking disorder. Read more...
Photo: Liz Atkin, a visual artist from the U.K., came to the David Geffen School of Medicine to talk about her experiences with mental illness with medical students. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 28, 1:16 am
UCLA Grand Challenge aims to tackle depression on global scale
UCLA researchers launched a 35-year project Wednesday that aims to decrease the global economic and health impact of depression by 50 percent by 2050. The Depression Grand Challenge initiative will be the largest UCLA research initiative thus far, with an anticipated budget of $525 million for the first 10 years, according to the statement released. Read more...