Category Archives: Science & Health

Shortly after the death of former President Ronald Reagan, people passing by the UCLA Replacement Hospital currently under construction were reminded that the former president would have a lasting legacy at UCLA. Signs announcing that the medical center would be named the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center were hung, after Reagan’s death, on fences facing […]

In high school, when students got sick, teachers would send them to the nurse’s office, and then they would be sent home. But in college things are different, and students must learn to take care of themselves and get the care they need. Incoming students will soon learn they have two main options for medical […]

Several students with an undergraduate science or engineering degree are finding they can apply their expertise to areas that are traditionally non-scientific. Instead of attending a science-based graduate school, such as pharmacy school, some students are attending law and business schools to either apply their scientific knowledge in a new way or explore a different […]

This generation of college graduates will be stepping out not only into the “real world,” but into a global community that is more closely connected than ever before ““ especially when it comes to food, germs and genes. This connectivity bridges conditions in distant, war-torn countries with behavioral habits in the United States, greatly impacting […]

Combination therapy effective for cancer When paired with chemotherapy, Avastin, a drug that cuts off a tumor’s blood supply, has been found effective in the treatment of colorectal cancer, according to a UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center study. Avastin may also be used in the management of lung, breast and pancreatic cancers. Colon cancers are the […]

A team of UCLA computer science students will head to Sao Paolo, Brazil, in July to participate in the world finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup. The team will be representing the United States with its creation, PICKS, a software application for cellular phones that would make it easier for users to find places to eat […]

After graduating from Stanford at age 19 in 1995, Houman Hemmati enrolled at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, where he now conducts groundbreaking research with pediatric brain tumors. As a student in the joint master’s/doctorate program shared by UCLA and the California Institute of Technology, Hemmati is finishing up his seventh and last […]