A growing area of importance in the medical and public health fields is how doctors approach making people “healthy.” The medical profession has long focused on treating the physical attributes of disease and injury in order to deem a person “healthy.” However, according to the World Health Organization, health is “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.” This approach is important when handling eating disorders because the concern is not merely the physical toll on a person’s body, but other mental issues that can either lead to or prolong the disorder. Read more...

The UCLA Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center dedicated its new library on Friday to a woman whose relationship with the university spans decades. Rae Lee Siporin, former director of UCLA admissions and co-founder of the UCLA LGBT Faculty-Staff Network, was recognized for her impact on the university’s LGBT community, an effect many say is still experienced today by students and faculty. Read more...

Discussing prevention efforts and security measures during natural disasters and potential nuclear attacks, former California Gov. Pete Wilson and former governor of the Australian state New South Wales Robert Carr engaged in a lecture luncheon Friday as part of the annual Australian American Leadership Dialogue. Read more...

It may strike some as strange to see an ordinary job listing for the chief executive of UCLA in a magazine, but seekers can flip through the Chronicle of Higher Education and see just that. Read more...

When second-year pre-medical student Kristen Okpara returned to Xavier University at New Orleans for spring semester, she found it a campus quite changed from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Read more...

Joseph Guth is the kind of alumnus UCLA could put on its brochures. A retired professor who lives in Virginia, he has been a loyal supporter of the university for 45 years, and he even included UCLA as a beneficiary in his will. Read more...

The Los Alamos National Security transition team developed and submitted a basic transition plan to the Department of Energy for review Friday as part of its process to bring its new management team into the Los Alamos National Laboratory. Read more...