Officials at the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center have seen fewer donations than usual this quarter. There were 24 fewer donors at the center’s Ackerman location in the first week of winter quarter compared to this time last year, said Faye Cortez, community liaison for the center. “While it might not seem like much, when […]
Category Archives: Science & Health
UCLA approves sending nurses to Philippines to aid in relief effort
UCLA nurse Paulo Montenegro left Los Angeles Monday afternoon for the Philippines to provide medical services to victims of Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda. The 24-year-old is the first UCLA nurse whose trip to the Philippines is being paid for by the university, including flight, accommodations and two weeks’ pay. The university has also approved funding for nine […]
Research Recap: UCLA researchers study brains, intestines and colons
Student-entrepreneur program accepting applications
A new student-run program that aims to encourage collaboration between students interested in starting companies recently started accepting applications. The new program, called Bruincubator, was started by students in Bruin Entrepreneurs to teach undergraduate students how to work together to start a company, said Varadh Jain, a second-year mathematics and economics student. The applications will […]
UCLA Health System, Cedars-Sinai, Select Medical to open rehabilitation hospital
UCLA Health System and Cedars-Sinai recently announced a partnership with Select Medical to create a rehabilitation facility in Century City that is set to open in 2015. The facility will be be run by Select Medical in the location of the former Century City Hospital, just south of Santa Monica Boulevard. The acute inpatient rehabilitation […]
UCLA Research Escalator program offers funding workshops
UCLA launched a series of workshops this quarter about funding opportunities and multidisciplinary research to encourage faculty, staff and students to collaborate with people in multiple fields of study. The events, collectively the UCLA Research Escalator program, are part of the recently launched Grand Challenges Initiative, which aims to bring researchers together to help solve […]