Friday, December 19

Student group Medical Aid Initiative promotes sustainability in health care

Students are working to reduce medical supply waste and improve sustainability in partnership with UCLA Health. Medical Aid Initiative is a student organization that works to collect, organize, store and donate surplus medical supplies across organizations associated with the UCLA Health system. Read more...

Photo: Pictured are members of the Medical Aid Initiative, a student organization helping to reduce medical waste by redistributing surplus medical supplies from across the UCLA Health system. (Courtesy of Lisa Yan)


UCLA community discusses stimulant shortage impact on students with ADHD

This post was updated Jan. 17 at 8:51 p.m. Sheena Warecki had fallen behind – the third-year anthropology transfer student had begun missing classes after falling ill in fall quarter. Read more...

Photo: Adderall, pictured. UCLA community members expressed concern over a recent shortage of stimulants, including Adderall, that could negatively impact students who have ADHD. (Amelie Ionescu/Daily Bruin senior staff)




UCLA discontinues several COVID-19 test distribution, drop-off locations

This post was updated Jan. 12 at 11:33 p.m. UCLA will discontinue four COVID-19 surveillance testing collection boxes and three vending machines Friday because of low use, the university announced in an email Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: The Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center is pictured. The Infectious Diseases Management Team announced that certain COVID-19 testing collection boxes and vending machines will be discontinued, effective Jan. 13. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA alumnus’ startup to provide lab experience through virtual reality

This post was updated Dec. 1 at 12:28 a.m. A new startup co-founded by a UCLA alumnus aims to teach students important scientific protocols and techniques through immersion in a virtual reality laboratory. Read more...

Photo: Students use the virtual reality service created by OpenLab. Simone Zamparini, a UCLA alumnus, started OpenLab as an undergraduate. (Courtesy of Simone Zamparini)




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