Social welfare caucus to connect grad students, mental health experts

This post was updated Oct. 2 at 9:33 p.m. A caucus aimed at helping social welfare graduate students learn about mental health will hold its first meeting Thursday. Guillermo Ojeda, a graduate student in social welfare who founded the Mental Health Caucus, said working as an intern at the Harbor–UCLA Medical Center helped him realize […]

UCLA alumnus donates $2 million, establishes endowed faculty chairs

A UCLA alumnus donated $2 million to establish two endowed faculty chairs in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The gift from Dr. Myung Ki Hong, who graduated in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, will fund the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Polymer Science and the Dr. Myung Ki Hong […]

Covel dining hall introduces partially plant-based burger patty

Students can now enjoy a blended burger made up of plant matter and meat as a healthier and more environmentally friendly choice at Covel Commons Residential Restaurant. The Covel dining hall introduced the blended burger patty for Covel’s signature UCLA burger Monday. The burger patty is made up of 70 percent ground beef and 30 […]

Morton La Kretz donates $5M to Botany Building for renovations

A UCLA alumnus donated $5 million to support the renovation of the UCLA Botany Building to enhance research in plant, conservation and environmental biology. The gift, from Morton La Kretz, a philanthropist and real estate developer, will renovate the building’s entrances and construct a botanical teaching laboratory on the first floor and conservation research laboratories […]

UCLA’s Intensive Outpatient Program helps patients overcome severe OCD

One of Lindsey Bergman’s patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder was afraid of black cats because he felt they were associated with bad luck. After participating in research-based therapy at UCLA’s Intensive Outpatient Program, the patient was able to pet a black cat. OCD is a mental disorder in which a person has uncontrollable and recurring thoughts […]

UCLA’s Intensive Outpatient Program helps patients overcome severe OCD

One of Lindsey Bergman’s patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder was afraid of black cats because he felt they were associated with bad luck. After participating in research-based therapy at UCLA’s Intensive Outpatient Program, the patient was able to pet a black cat. OCD is a mental disorder in which a person has uncontrollable and recurring thoughts […]

UCLA to offer free mental health screening services to new students

UCLA will now be offering free mental health screenings to all incoming freshmen and transfer students, Chancellor Gene Block announced Thursday. In a speech at the One Mind Initiative at Work summit, a conference on mental health and wellness, Block said that students who choose to participate in the screenings will be examined for various […]