MacGuinness Huntley smiled as locks of his hair fell to the ground around him in front of UCLA Medical Plaza Friday afternoon. The second-year economics student at Pasadena City College wanted to participate in Mattel Children’s Hospital‘s head-shaving event to make a donation to cancer research. For Huntley, the cause was personal. His mother was […]
Author Archives: Nikki Somani
On-demand hauling service Buddytruk moves forward with LA launch
Priyanka Tripuraneni needed a way to move her box spring and mattress to her new apartment down the street for the summer. The two items were impossible to fit in her small car. Through an application on her iPhone, the fourth-year neuroscience student connected with a Buddytruk driver, who came to help her pick up […]
UCLA club RENOUS to hold Alzheimer’s Awareness Night
In elementary school, Alon Kashanian loved playing a Persian card game, pasur, with his grandmother for hours on end. But over time, his grandmother began to forget how to play the game. She soon needed a full-time caretaker to help with daily activities, such as eating and walking. At times, he could tell she had […]
Medical tattooing helps patients feel whole again
Laura Albano dipped her hand tool into dark brown ink and applied it to the upper lip of the retired Army captain, covering up the scars from a deep burn he obtained on a tour of duty in Iraq eight years ago. Capt. Jabari White was sitting as a passenger in a vehicle when a […]
UCLA professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
Two UCLA professors were recently elected to lend their engineering expertise to government officials on issues of science and technology. Chandrashekhar Joshi, an electrical engineering professor and Alan Willson, a professor emeritus in electrical engineering, were among the 67 new members elected to the National Academy of Engineering this year. The academy is an institution […]
UCLA professor researches birdsongs in Mexico, Australia
Charles Taylor played the complex, croaky, squawky birdsong of a scrub jay, an aggressive bird that eats bird eggs and young hatchlings. Within 30 seconds, three birds flew from different trees in the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden tucked in the corner of UCLA. “They’re alarmed. They’re coming to check it out,” Taylor said while […]
UCLA School of Dentistry clinic provides free dental care
The UCLA School of Dentistry and the Wilshire State Bank provided dental care to about 130 people who cannot afford to pay for private healthcare on Saturday. In the first of a series of events to be held over the next five years, the clinic provided treatment that included fillings and teeth extractions. “(The clinic) […]