A box of tissues, cough syrups, pain relievers, hot tea and a liquid diet ““ it’s an all too familiar, miserable scene that has struck hundreds of students during the last weeks of the quarter and right into finals. Nationwide, flu activity has occurred earlier and stronger than usual this season, according to the Center […]
Category Archives: Science & Health
Forum serves food for thought
By the year 2050, there will be 9 billion humans inhabiting the world ““ a population that will require a 100 percent increase in the production of food to stave of starvation. A symposium on Friday entitled “Foods for the Future,” organized by UCLA Extension in collaboration with the David Geffen School of Medicine, addressed […]
Atkins diet disappoints in long-term weight loss
If you’re one of the many college students trying to shed a few pounds, you might be thinking about going on a diet. Maybe you’re fighting the freshman 15 or you just want to turn a few heads at Venice Beach. Whatever your reason, you’ve probably heard of the Atkins diet ““ the low-carbohydrate, high-protein […]
Nine Bruins compete in regional programming contest
UCLA sent three teams of three people ““ UCLA Blue, UCLA Gold and UCLA Bruins ““ to participate in a regional computer programming competition Saturday in Riverside. The Association for Computing Machinery’s International Collegiate Programming Contest’s Southern California regional, sponsored by IBM and hosted by Riverside Community College, pitted UCLA’s three teams against 56 other […]
Educators search for best mix of IT, tradition
Combining technology with traditional teaching methods to enrich undergraduate education will be the focus of a program headed by the Faculty Committee on Educational Technology and the Office of Instructional Development. Known as the Blended Instruction Case Studies, faculty members have been asked to submit proposals that will use information technology innovatively to further the […]
Center tackles bioethical issues
For the past 13 years, Terri Schiavo of Clearwater, Fla., has lived in a vegetative state with only a feeding tube to provide her with nutrition and hydration. While her parents believe she may one day recover from massive brain damage incurred through heart failure, Shiavo’s husband Michael has fought to let his wife die, […]
Wind explored as energy source
UCLA researchers are looking to wind power to meet the increasing need for alternate and renewable energy sources. An $80,000 California Energy Commission grant to research wind-generated electricity has been awarded to electrical engineering professor A.V. Balakrishnan and graduate student in electrical engineering Ken Mok. New interest in wind-generated power stems in part from Sept. […]