One doctor and six nurses have taken leave of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center for a two-week relief mission to Haiti, where they will treat victims of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck the island nation on Jan. 12. Read more...
Photo: The team of UCLA physicians who are going to Haiti pose with administrators from the Ronald Reagan Medical Center on Friday, two days before their departure.
The Instructional Media Lab recently extended its hours while decisions regarding the copyright infringement, which prevent video postings to class Web sites, are resolved. Read more...
The academic year's second act of vandalism against the Bruin statue has prompted plans to increase lighting and install cameras in Bruin Plaza. Read more...
Addressing issues in Congress such as health care and the budget crisis, Congressman Henry A. Waxman will speak tonight in the Faculty Center at the 24th annual Bollens-Ries-Hoffenberg Lecture, held by the UCLA Department of Political Science and the School of Public Affairs. Read more...
The UC Board of Regents recently approved a $147 million lease to construct a medical facility across from the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center and Orthopaedic Hospital. Read more...
The new Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer telescope project, led by Edward Wright at UCLA, will help researchers discover and analyze previously unseen objects in our solar system and beyond, said Wright, a professor of physics and astronomy and principal investigator of the telescope project. Read more...
Lentils and maize that can survive in salt-laden soil and barren conditions are gradually becoming real-life possibilities. Read more...
