Good night, sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite. Yuck. Not the most comforting thing to tell little children as we tuck them in at night. Read more...
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January 25, 1:28 am
Ashe About Your Health: Bed bugs
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January 25, 1:25 am
Graduate student holds bone marrow drive
Their sterile suits had three layers. She could only see their eyes underneath the masks they wore. Read more...
Photo: Valerie Sun, a graduate student at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, received a bone marrow transplant when she was 17 years old that saved her life. Now she’s hoping to help her friend, Krissy Kobata, find a donor by putting on a bone marrow drive this weekend.
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January 24, 12:46 am
Increase of flu infections prompts students to take measures
The recent surge in reported flu cases in California has caused students to turn to on-campus resources to help prevent infection or deal with the symptoms. Read more...
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January 23, 12:15 am
Alex Korb’s PreFrontal Nudity blog makes neuroscience accessible to readers
In many ways, Alex Korb has become an expert at tricking the body and brain. Read more...
Photo: Alex Korb, a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA, tries to apply his knowledge of the interactions between the brain and the body to daily life in his blog “PreFrontal Nudity: the brain exposed.”
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January 15, 12:55 am
New UCLA course stresses environmental communication
A new class being offered this quarter at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability will teach students how to integrate new media – like blogs, videos and podcasts – into environmental science. Read more...
Photo: The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability’s new class explores the intersection between the environment, journalism and new media.
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January 10, 9:50 pm
Ashe about your health: weight loss resolutions for the New Year
Want to make a New Year’s weight-loss resolution that lasts? This year, make a diet resolution not to set yourself up for failure again. Read more...
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January 3, 4:11 pm
UCLA Department of Urology receives $4.6 million donation from late UC regent
The UCLA Department of Urology has received a $4.6 million donation from the estate of a late University of California Board of Regents member and his wife, UCLA announced Wednesday. Read more...