Wednesday, December 17

Students intern in Uganda to grow a safer, cleaner environment

Students in a small Ugandan village jumped from their seats to greet Harveen Sekhon every time she entered the classroom. Sekhon, a third-year human biology and society student, taught menstrual hygiene and sanitation practices this summer at Johnson Nkosi Memorial Primary School, where some members of the community are single mothers, orphans and children living with HIV and AIDS. Read more...

Photo: GlobeMed at UCLA helped fund the building of water sources like boreholes in the Nama sub-county in Uganda, providing villagers with clean water access. (Courtesy of GlobeMed at UCLA)



Microprobes expose mysteries of the solar system, origin of life

In 2006, a NASA-owned rocket landed on Earth after a seven-year journey beyond the orbit of Mars. The rocket flew through the tail of a comet, collecting thousands of dust particles for NASA’s Stardust mission. Read more...

Photo: The SIMS lab uses the IMS-1270 ion microprobe to analyze rock samples and study the history of the solar system. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)


Lab School, UCLA implement new vaccination policy for future Bruins

New vaccination policies will require some UCLA and UCLA Lab School students to get additional shots to continue their education. The new Senate Bill No. 277, or SB 277, enforces a mandatory vaccination requirement for most public and private K-12 facilities in the state, including preschools and day care centers. Read more...

Photo: The new Senate Bill No. 277 enforces a mandatory vaccination requirement for most public and private K-12 facilities in the state, including preschools and day care centers such as the UCLA Lab School. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)



Volunteers hearten cardiac transplant patients through art, music

Doctors, nurses and visitors bustle past one another under directory signs in the white, marbled lobby of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. But upstairs on the seventh floor, noises settle into a rhythm of beeping heart monitors and murmuring nurses. Read more...

Photo: UCLA cardiologists partnered with Marymount High School students in April 2014 to establish Heal My HeART, an art and music therapy program that helps relieve patients suffering from heart failure and transplant recovery. (Jennifer Hu/Daily Bruin)


UCLA establishes new program for international pre-health students

This post was updated on Sept. 18 at 5:40 p.m. International pre-health students can now gain experience working in a U.S. hospital through a program launched this summer. Read more...

Photo: The International Health Scholar program, a partnership between COPE Health Solutions and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, allows international students to get clinical experience in the U.S. (Courtesy of Tisa Thomas)



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