The UCLA life sciences division announced Wednesday it will fund three research projects using money raised through the Centennial Campaign. Two student winners will each receive $10,000 and one faculty winner will receive $75,000 to pursue research ideas that have the potential to lead to scientific discoveries in the life sciences, according to an email sent to the department. Read more...
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October 26, 2:43 am
UCLA Centennial Campaign to fund life sciences innovation projects
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October 26, 2:41 am
UCLA student enlightens international conference about ‘the Dark Side’
Ani Khashadoorian started her fall quarter in Denmark, giving a presentation about Darth Vader’s morality to an audience of graduate students. Khashadoorian, a fourth-year English and philosophy transfer student, spent two quarters last year writing a research paper, titled “On The Evil Soul,” that used popular villains to examine the relationship between morality and intention. Read more...
Photo: Ani Khashadoorian, a fourth-year English and philosophy student, spent two quarters last year writing a research paper that used popular villains to examine the relationship between morality and intention. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
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October 22, 1:31 am
UCLA Health to open Woodland Hills Westfield location
UCLA Health will open a new clinic Monday in a Woodland Hills Westfield mall, the first phase of a larger expansion project that would bring clinics into retail spaces throughout Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health will open a new clinic in Woodland Hills Westfield Mall on Monday. (UCLA Health)
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October 21, 1:56 am
Grad student ignites entrepreneurial passion in marijuana research
In June, Jeffrey Chen met a mother whose child has a rare form of epilepsy. He was shocked to hear her child’s symptoms nearly disappeared after he began to use medical marijuana. Read more...
Photo: Jeffrey Chen took a leave of absence from his dual studies in management and medicine to create a nonprofit organization, the National Institute of Cannabinoid Research. (Alejandra Reyes-Velarde/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 19, 5:35 pm
UCPD arrests dentistry school manager for alleged rape
University police arrested a manager at the UCLA School of Dentistry for allegedly raping a drugged individual. The man, who is the training manager and clinics liaison at the dentistry school’s public health and community dentistry department, was arrested in his office at 10960 Wilshire Blvd. Read more...
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October 15, 9:44 am
Young Research Library 3-D printer accepts student, faculty proposals
The black, cube-shaped 3-D printer hummed as lasers stacked thin layers of plastic-infused white filament upon each other, giving 3-D life to a 2-D design. After the printer completed its job, Doug Daniels removed a lattice-patterned skull from the platform. Read more...
Photo: Doug Daniels, a technical project specialist at Young Research Library, holds a newly printed skull by the MakerBot 3-D printer. (Alejandra Reyes/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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October 15, 9:27 am
UCLA, USC to research health disparities of LGBT military personnel
A $1.89 million UCLA and USC research study funded by the U.S. Department of Defense will examine health disparities between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military service members and heterosexual service members. Read more...
Photo: Assistant professor in the Luskin School of Public Affairs to contribute to research about the experience of military service members who identify as LGBT. (Courtesy of Ian Holloway)