Officials at the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center have seen fewer donations than usual this quarter. There were 24 fewer donors at the center’s Ackerman location in the first week of winter quarter compared to this time last year, said Faye Cortez, community liaison for the center. Read more...
Photo: Grant Guess, second-year global studies student, donates platelets to the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center.
UCLA nurse Paulo Montenegro left Los Angeles Monday afternoon for the Philippines to provide medical services to victims of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. The 24-year-old is the first UCLA nurse whose trip to the Philippines is being paid for by the university, including flight, accommodations and two weeks’ pay. Read more...
Photo: Paulo Montenegro, a 24-year-old nurse at UCLA, left Los Angeles Monday afternoon to aid relief efforts in the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. He is the first nurse whose relief work will be sponsored by UCLA.
A new student-run program that aims to encourage collaboration between students interested in starting companies recently started accepting applications. The new program, called Bruincubator, was started by students in Bruin Entrepreneurs to teach undergraduate students how to work together to start a company, said Varadh Jain, a second-year mathematics and economics student. Read more...
UCLA Health System and Cedars-Sinai recently announced a partnership with Select Medical to create a rehabilitation facility in Century City that is set to open in 2015. Read more...
UCLA launched a series of workshops this quarter about funding opportunities and multidisciplinary research to encourage faculty, staff and students to collaborate with people in multiple fields of study. Read more...
