A UCLA student was injured in an explosion while reportedly conducting an experiment in a lab in the Engineering V building Saturday evening, officials said. The student’s face, chest and neck were burned when an oven exploded at about 6:30 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Read more...
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April 5, 8:35 pm
Student injured by oven explosion in engineering building
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April 1, 12:56 am
Medical tattooing helps patients feel whole again
Laura Albano dipped her hand tool into dark brown ink and applied it to the upper lip of the retired Army captain, covering up the scars from a deep burn he obtained on a tour of duty in Iraq eight years ago. Read more...
Photo: Capt. Jabari White was sitting as a passenger in a vehicle when a bomb detonated, burning 60 percent of his body. He now comes to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center from Washington, D.C. for tattooing to blend the pigmentation on his face. (Felicia Ramirez/Daily Bruin staff)
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March 31, 3:30 pm
UCLA professor Ira Kurtz receives grant for kidney research
A UCLA professor recently received a $3 million grant to study the properties of kidney proteins, according to a Monday UCLA press release. Ira Kurtz, a professor and chief of the nephrology division of the UCLA department of medicine, received the money from the Donald T. Read more...
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March 4, 12:31 am
Bruin organizes campus’ first Diabetes Day
At 14 years old, Megan Cory was eating much more than her age would suggest, but losing an alarming amount of weight. She remembers always being thirsty and being fatigued. Read more...
Photo: Megan Cory, a third-year biochemistry student, launched UCLA’s first Diabetes Day, inspired by her own experiences with the disease. (Brandon Choe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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March 3, 2:30 am
Student groups introduce Bruins to integrative medicine
Students and faculty gracefully moved their hands in unison as they filled the auditorium with waves of tai chi movements at the second Annual Student Conference for Integrative Medicine on Saturday. Read more...
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February 25, 12:09 am
UCLA professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
Two UCLA professors were recently elected to lend their engineering expertise to government officials on issues of science and technology. Chandrashekhar Joshi, an electrical engineering professor and Alan Willson, a professor emeritus in electrical engineering, were among the 67 new members elected to the National Academy of Engineering this year. Read more...
Photo: Chandrashekhar Joshi was the first person to develop an experimental program to create a plasma accelerator, which can accelerate electrons using waves produced in ionized gas. (Gaby Cabalza/Daily Bruin)
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February 6, 1:45 am
UCLA alumna Sue Ann Pien dreams of a life on Mars
Sue Ann Pien parted her hair to reveal a map of the solar system tattooed on her scalp. “Can you see it?” Pien, who graduated from UCLA with a degree in international development studies in 2004 and dreams of one day going to space, may be among the first to glimpse a slice of space previously unexplored by humans. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumna Sue Ann Pien made it through the first round of candidates applying for a mission to settle on Mars.