The red dye trickled slowly through the cotton-filled test tube like blood traveling through clogged arteries. Joseph Esdin remembered comparing the sluggishly moving dye to its quickly advancing analogue in an empty test tube during the early days of a community service club he founded as a UCLA undergraduate student. He wanted the children he […]
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Bruin Run/Walk mobilizes students to benefit children
Hundreds of people will run through Wilson Plaza Sunday morning for the 14th annual Bruin Run/Walk.
UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging relocates to USC
The Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, one of more than 100 neuroscience labs on campus, analyzes brain scans collected from around the world to create maps of what brains should look like in different phases of a person’s life as well as those for patients with neurological diseases.
Startup savvy: Alumnus describes entrepreneurship experience
It dawned on him during a train ride from Mountain View, Calif. and developed into a full-fledged business plan by the time the train pulled into San Francisco 45 minutes later.
UCLA in place to have a vital role in the White House’s BRAIN Initiative
The original credit accompanying the illustration contained an error and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. Imagine the firings of the brain as a view out the window of a plane flying over Los Angeles. Lights down below trace the freeway, and the sight of the ocean serves as […]
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.
UCLA-led researchers identify virus-blocking compound
A team of UCLA-led researchers has identified a new natural antiviral compound that may be able to reduce the effects of deadly human viruses, such as HIV.