From pastel to dark olive green, different neighborhoods across the Los Angeles area light up on an interactive online map. With the click of the “play” button on the map, a foliage of greens flashes on the screen, depicting changes in energy use over a period of 18 months. Read more...
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April 4, 1:26 am
Ashe about your health: Regular eye exams and dilation necessary to good health
From time to time, Dr. David Baron, executive director at the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, will ask other health experts at the Ashe Center to host the column and answer student questions. Read more...
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April 3, 2:44 pm
National Institute of Health awards professor $10 million to fund autism research
The grant will be given over a period of five years to Dr. Daniel Geschwind, a professor of neurology, psychiatry and genetics. His lab hopes to find mutations and bio markers that could help diagnose autism. Read more...
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April 2, 12:53 am
Psychiatrist Robert Carroll utilizes poetry as therapeutic mechanism
During therapy sessions in a small office south of Wilshire, patients are greeted by classical music, a warm handshake and an important question: Have you ever been moved to write a poem? Read more...
Photo: Robert Carroll, a UCLA Medical Center psychiatrist, has his patients write poetry to help them cope with their struggles.
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March 10, 12:01 am
Life sciences curricula to be reformed
The UCLA life sciences division is in the midst of reforming its curricula as part of an attempt to make undergraduate requirements for life sciences students more relevant to their field of study. Read more...
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March 7, 11:53 pm
Ashe About Your Health: Unprescribed stimulants can have negative side effects
Many students have a friend, or a friend of a friend, who has been prescribed Adderall or another stimulant. Patients who take stimulants see numerous improvements in their symptoms, including greater alertness and concentration, and decreased distraction and procrastination. Read more...
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March 5, 2:02 am
Bruin co-founds company to simplify coding
Setting aside job offers and sleep for the sake of a project they jokingly call their child, a UCLA student and his friend are working to develop their young company. Read more...
Photo: Hunter Owens, a fourth-year communication studies student, and his high school friend Mark Nadal co-founded a company that offers a website design program, with the aim of eliminating the coding to allow customers to interact directly with the website interface.