Shizuka Lei prepared herself for the mountain of work ahead of her, knowing she was in for a long night.
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Young Invincibles organization publishes a health care 'Graduation Toolkit' to help students navigate recent insurance changes
Nina Pavlovskaya spent her last year as an undergrad worrying about her health care options for after graduation.
Binge as well as social drinking can lead to blackouts
A UCLA student woke up at 6 a.m. after a long night of drinking to discover drawings all over his body. Puzzled, he made it to his 9 a.m. class with artwork still on him and no recollection of how it had gotten there.
“I was at a party, and everyone was drinking. It was like a competition,” said the student, who wishes to remain anonymous.
“The last thing I remember is dancing on top of a table.”
Bilingualism broadens brainpower
Neurobiologists from across the country have discovered that students who are fluent in at least two languages are better at multitasking and less likely to face an early onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
The findings were presented at a conference in Washington, D.C., last month.
“A lot of brain imaging scans have shown that being bilingual has changed the structure of the brain,” said Lauren Mason Carris, a doctoral candidate in applied linguistics at UCLA.
Researchers find that DNA can help determine success of a relationship
It’s a scene that can be observed in bars across the country. A man and a woman make eye contact across the room, and when she holds his gaze for just another moment, he works up the courage to come over and say hello.
New laser microscope technology allows scientists to see neuron activity of the entire brain
Adrian Cheng was an undergraduate student studying physics and math at UCLA just eight years ago, uncertain of how he could contribute to the scientific field.
Rock Art Archive research culminates in upcoming book “Captured Visions”
Gordon Hull was walking with a group of UCLA volunteers in the Mojave Desert when they came to a steep, rocky surface covered in thousands of sketches.
One of these drawings, a lone sheep, caught Hull’s eye.