Behind thick glass windows, scientists wearing long white coats, gloves and protective glasses work intently on bulky metal machines in Engineering IV.
Author Archives: Ariana Ricarte
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. […]
Professor Mark Tramo melds music and medicine
Against his better judgement, Dr. Mark Tramo spent much of his time playing rock ‘n’ roll instead of studying for his pre-medical classes at Yale University in the 1970s.
‘Dancing Scientist’ performs to have kids follow in his steps
A dancer in a sequined white lab coat shot smoke rings out of a machine, exploded hydrogen balloons and made his gloves glow in the dark.
Air Care: UCLA pediatric transport team takes to skies to provide quality care
Nurse Jill Palechek begins her 12-hour shift at 7 a.m. in the emergency and pediatric intensive care unit at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. After what seems like an uneventful day of routine rounds, her pager suddenly buzzes. She rushes to meet a small team of colleagues, wondering if she might be hundreds of miles […]
Communications Board appoints the Daily Bruin’s incoming editor in chief
The UCLA Communications Board appointed Jillian Beck, a current assistant news editor for the Daily Bruin, as the editor in chief for the Daily Bruin for the 2013-2014 academic year on Tuesday night.
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?