Category Archives: Science & Health

Over 500 medically-minded students woke up bright and early on Saturday, filling Bradley International Hall beyond its capacity for the university’s first-ever Minority Health Conference. The conference, “Bridging Cultures and Enhancing Minority Health Care,” was hosted by the UCLA and USC chapters of the Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, the Student National Medical Association, […]

OK … so you’re in college. And with that comes certain inalienable rights, such as romping about and cavorting with attractive members of the opposite sex. You grin as you point out that you get to do so free from the watchful eyes of your parents, who are under the naive impression that you pass your […]

Don’t look now, but Bill Gates and Microsoft Corp. have taken to UCLA’s South Campus ““ to the benefit of UCLA students, faculty, and of course, Microsoft. UCLA is signed up with the MSDN Academic Alliance, a program for technical departments in the area of computer science, engineering and information systems. As a subscriber, UCLA […]

At first sight, 22 year-old Kimberly Treebs may resemble any average student at UCLA. But there is nothing average about her. Treebs is a fifth-year mechanical engineering student and co-president of the Society of Women Engineers at UCLA. She has worked as a computer aided design specialist, founded the UCLA Running club, and has brought […]

With a little help from ancient Far East remedies, the future of medicine in the West is looking sharp. Interest in traditional Chinese medicine and the art of acupuncture has increased dramatically in the last decade. Now, more than ever, Westerners are pointedly turning to these 5,000-year-old treatments. A survey from the National Certification Commission […]

Minority Health Conference to be held at UCLA The 2003 Minority Health Conference will be held at Bradley International Hall on Jan. 25, 2003. This event is jointly organized by the Asian American, Latino and African American medical student organizations at UCLA and USC. The conference features two keynote speakers, a panel on health care […]

Formerly conjoined twins Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej Alvarez left for Guatemala yesterday after their seven-month stay at UCLA’s Mattel Children’s Hospital following separation surgery last August. At a farewell press conference yesterday morning, the twins made an appearance with their parents. Both girls, affectionately called “the dos Maritas,” were dressed in tiaras […]