A box of tissues, cough syrups, pain relievers, hot tea and a liquid diet ““ it’s an all too familiar, miserable scene that has struck hundreds of students during the last weeks of the quarter and right into finals. Read more...

By the year 2050, there will be 9 billion humans inhabiting the world ““ a population that will require a 100 percent increase in the production of food to stave of starvation. Read more...

If you’re one of the many college students trying to shed a few pounds, you might be thinking about going on a diet. Maybe you’re fighting the freshman 15 or you just want to turn a few heads at Venice Beach. Read more...

UCLA sent three teams of three people ““ UCLA Blue, UCLA Gold and UCLA Bruins ““ to participate in a regional computer programming competition Saturday in Riverside. Read more...

Combining technology with traditional teaching methods to enrich undergraduate education will be the focus of a program headed by the Faculty Committee on Educational Technology and the Office of Instructional Development. Read more...

For the past 13 years, Terri Schiavo of Clearwater, Fla., has lived in a vegetative state with only a feeding tube to provide her with nutrition and hydration. Read more...

UCLA researchers are looking to wind power to meet the increasing need for alternate and renewable energy sources. An $80,000 California Energy Commission grant to research wind-generated electricity has been awarded to electrical engineering professor A.V. Read more...