The UCLA Ashe Student Health Center announced Monday that more students will be able to opt out of the University of California Student Health Insurance Plan, or UC SHIP, starting in winter quarter. Read more...
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November 25, 2:52 pm
New UC SHIP waiver requirements allow more students to opt out
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November 24, 12:13 am
Miles to Go: Range of running apps provide encouragement, motivation
Editor’s Note: Over the next 16 weeks, Assistant News Editor Katie Shepherd will be training for the ASICS L.A. Marathon and writing a weekly column chronicling her experiences along the way. Read more...
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November 24, 12:00 am
Student group works to connect individuals with health care resources
A line of parents wrapped around an Inglewood middle school Saturday while UCLA volunteers met with families one by one to go over health care insurance options. Read more...
Photo: UCLA medical students Caleb Wilson and Lisa Nicholson and USC student Emma de Montelongo talk to their client Natalie Mendez. (Courtesy of Venetia Lai)
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November 21, 7:21 am
Ardunio Workshop at UCLA challenges students’ creativity
Teams of engineering and computer science students huddled together over their computers while trying to program Arduinos on Wednesday night. Organized and funded by Thales, an aerospace defense company, the Arduino Workshop challenge provided Arduinos for 24 students to program in teams and prepare for a larger international competition. Read more...
Photo: Second-year electrical engineering student Mignon Huang tests the Arduino board for defects by programming it to blink an LED light regularly. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
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November 17, 7:29 pm
Panelists speak at FACTS conference, discuss climate change issues
Alex Hall stood at the podium as he pointed to a graph showing two different scenarios of temperature: one accounting for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and another factoring in no reductions. Read more...
Photo: Alex Hall, professor in the UCLA Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, discusses reducing emissions and the impacts of climate change. (Max Himmelrich)
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November 17, 2:23 pm
Miles to Go: Cross training offers an alternative to high-impact excercises
Editor’s Note: Over the next 17 weeks, assistant news editor Katie Shepherd will be training for the Asics L.A. Marathon and writing a weekly column chronicling her experiences along the way. Read more...
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November 17, 1:10 am
UC reverses decision to discontinue funding for Lick Observatory
The University of California recently reversed its decision to discontinue funding for Lick Observatory after reexamining its budget and realizing it could afford funding for UC observatories, officials said. Read more...
Photo: University of California reversed its decision to cut funding for the Lick Observatory. (UC Observatories)