UCLA researchers are developing what could become the first effective remedy for alcohol-use disorders, which affect more than 76 million people worldwide. The team, led by UCLA researchers and molecular and medical pharmacology professors Jing Liang and Richard Olsen, conducted the research by isolating dihydromyricetin, or DHM, the key ingredient used in centuries-old Chinese treatment for alcohol-related maladies. Their research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience this month, was only conducted on rats. Read more...
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January 18, 1:49 am
UCLA professors’ study yields hope for treating alcohol-use disorders
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January 18, 1:49 am
New energy standards could help UCLA cut costs
The California Energy Commission adopted unprecedented energy efficiency standards for battery chargers last week, which could help reduce energy costs at UCLA. Read more...
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January 18, 1:48 am
UCLA moving toward sale of Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air
Several cultural artifacts were removed from the UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden Tuesday, the next step toward the university's planned sale of the garden by the end of January. Read more...
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The UCLA Hannah Carter Japanese Garden in Bel Air, owned by UCLA since 1965, is scheduled to be sold by the university this month.
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January 18, 1:47 am
Websites protest anti-piracy bills with blackout
Students trying to access sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Mozilla Firefox Tuesday night after 9 p.m. saw blacked-out screens instead of home pages. Read more...
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Wikipedia has shut down its English site for 24 hours in order to raise awareness about U.S. legislation that could restrict free access to the Internet (en.wikipedia.org)
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January 18, 1:46 am
Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan helps fund education
Mary Trejo pays for her daughter's eye care, dental bills and trips home to Sunnyvale, Calif. But that's where Trejo's financial contributions end for her daughter Maryssa Hall, a second-year political science student at UCLA. Read more...
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Second-year political science student Maryssa Hall is a recipient of the UC Blue and Gold Opportunity Plan, which helps students whose yearly family incomes are below $80,000 finance UC educations.
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January 17, 2:17 am
Budget cuts to the UC system are changing all levels of UCLA from faculty to students
Professor Albert Courey has been watching UCLA class sizes increase for at least the past year. Read more...
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January 17, 2:14 am
UCLA students, alumni joins City Year Los Angeles’ service day honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
The words "Dream Big" covered the once plain, dirty walls of Los Angeles Academy Middle School. Read more...
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CITY YEAR LOS ANGELES
UCLA students and alumni joined more than 1,000 volunteers for City Year Los Angeles’ service day on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday.