The original version of this article contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently selected UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability to participate in a toxic release data analyzing project aimed at consolidating public health data and improving research. Read more...
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August 5, 1:38 am
UCLA chosen by EPA for toxic release data analysis project
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July 22, 12:00 am
Navigating UCLA’s health services
Here's a graphic breaking down some of the health services on UCLA's campus. Read more...
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July 8, 1:24 am
Members of UCLA student group bring medical aid to Philippines
After a 15-hour trip with some turbulence from a passing typhoon, Christi-Lynn del Rosario was overcome with emotion when her plane finally touched ground in the Philippines. Read more...
Photo: Aldrich Albano, a fifth-year biochemistry student, helps check the blood pressure of a local patient in the Philippines.
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July 1, 3:44 pm
UC workers rally with concerns about understaffing
Union workers rallied in front of the UCLA Medical Center on Monday with concerns about understaffing and patient safety at the University of California medical centers. Read more...
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June 24, 12:00 am
UCLA professor transfers passion into more than 50 patent designs
A few bulging volumes litter the desk of Xiangfeng Duan. They are filled with more than 50 patent designs that he has accrued over the past two decades. The exact number of patents, he doesn’t bother to remember.
Duan, an assistant chemistry professor, spends his days studying atoms, molecules and objects of microscopic proportions. Read more...
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June 10, 12:00 am
Grad student works to improve water quality, access in South Central Los Angeles
Miriam Torres understands how important it is to have access to clean water. As a child, she split her time between a lush, green area in southern Mexico with an abundance of water and a poor town in northern Mexico where water had to be trucked in each day. Read more...
Photo: Miriam Torres, a student in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, will graduate with a master’s in urban planning
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June 10, 12:00 am
UCLA expands student opportunities with global health programs
He remembers how the main floor of the Central Hospital of Maputo in Mozambique overflowed with sick or injured children on crowded hospital beds. As a visiting volunteer from UCLA, Cameron Escovedo communicated with patients through hand gestures and broken sentences, helping doctors diagnose them despite the broken CT scanner and lack of medical tools. Read more...