During his first battle with thyroid cancer, Christopher Murphy had to pay his medical expenses out of his own pocket because he lacked health insurance.
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UCLA astrophysicist Andrea Ghez becomes the first woman to win the Crafoord Prize
UCLA astrophysicist Andrea Ghez this month became the first woman to win the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for her work in astronomy.
NASA mission ARTEMIS to investigate solar winds
In Greek mythology, the name Artemis refers to the goddess of the moon who looked after her mother right after birth and is seen as the protector and nurturer of the young.
Women athletes more prone to ACL injuries
Lauren Carr, a member of UCLA’s club soccer team, was playing in her first game of the season when she felt her left knee pop.
That pop, as it turned out, was a torn anterior cruciate ligament ““ an injury that can bench an athlete for more than a year, said Dr. Gerald Finerman, a professor of orthopedic surgery at UCLA and director of intercollegiate sports medicine.
President Obama to speak at USC
President Barack Obama will speak at a Move America Forward rally today at the University of Southern California’s Doheny Memorial Library.
A woman’s angel in the UCLA Avon Cares for Life
Divorced and with no health insurance, Francesca Capasso felt hopeless.
Student uses research to reach out
As an undergraduate at UCLA, Adi Jaffe became addicted to methamphetamine and alcohol.