Karan Kajla said he loved indulging on dining hall food when he first moved to the Hill last year. But as he started gaining weight and feeling unhealthy, he wanted to make a change. Read more...
Photo: Alison Light, left, and Karan Kajla, right, created the mobile app Fit Bruin to help UCLA students build their own health plan and combat the freshman 15. Students can use the app to track what they eat on the Hill.
The undergraduate student government plans to vote tonight on whether it should express no confidence in Janet Napolitano’s ability to lead as University of California president, until she meets a list of demands compiled by students from multiple UC campuses. Read more...
Two UCLA graduate students met a year ago this week in the midst of an annual networking week, and hatched an idea to bring operating room technology to battlefields, ski slopes and other areas prone to causing brain injury. Read more...
Janet Napolitano officially takes the helm as president of the University of Californiatoday. The former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security and Arizona governor was approved as president in July. Read more...
Restoration of "The Black Experience," a mural hidden behind a false wall in Ackerman Union for the past two decades, will begin on Friday. Read more...
In the eyes of some scientists, anxiety disorders have evolved from primitive human instincts, and examining their histories is crucial for medicine today. This is the basis of evolutionary medicine, an emerging field of biology and the subject material of a new minor now offered at UCLA. Read more...
A recent vote by California legislators to bump the state’s minimum wage from $8 to $10 an hour by 2016 has left many questions about how the new law will affect state, local and UCLA job markets. Read more...
