This post was updated Oct. 4 at 6:50 p.m. A team of UCLA engineers hope their miniature cooling device can eventually prevent heated disputes over the thermostat. Engineers in the department of materials science and engineering developed a cooling device using a material like plastic that changes temperature in an electric field. The device, which […]
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Social welfare caucus to connect grad students, mental health experts
This post was updated Oct. 2 at 9:33 p.m. A caucus aimed at helping social welfare graduate students learn about mental health will hold its first meeting Thursday. Guillermo Ojeda, a graduate student in social welfare who founded the Mental Health Caucus, said working as an intern at the Harbor–UCLA Medical Center helped him realize […]
UCLA alumnus donates $2 million, establishes endowed faculty chairs
A UCLA alumnus donated $2 million to establish two endowed faculty chairs in the UCLA Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. The gift from Dr. Myung Ki Hong, who graduated in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, will fund the Dr. Myung Ki Hong Endowed Chair in Polymer Science and the Dr. Myung Ki Hong […]
Open house at botanical garden reveals new pavilion, future plans
More than 300 visitors toured the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden on Tuesday to admire the newly unveiled La Kretz Garden Pavilion, the first in a series of intended improvements to the garden. Tuesday’s open house featured speeches by Chancellor Gene Block, Peter Raven, a botanist, and Philip Rundel, a professor emeritus of ecology and […]
Morton La Kretz donates $5M to Botany Building for renovations
A UCLA alumnus donated $5 million to support the renovation of the UCLA Botany Building to enhance research in plant, conservation and environmental biology. The gift, from Morton La Kretz, a philanthropist and real estate developer, will renovate the building’s entrances and construct a botanical teaching laboratory on the first floor and conservation research laboratories […]
Exploring other routes may benefit pre-meds unsure about medical school
As fall rolls in each year, many premedical students and alumni must quickly learn to balance both their academic and nonacademic commitments with medical school applications. While some pre-med students never waver in their decision to pursue medicine, others lose interest before ever applying to medical school because of the stress, lifestyle and time commitment […]
UCLA’s Intensive Outpatient Program helps patients overcome severe OCD
One of Lindsey Bergman’s patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder was afraid of black cats because he felt they were associated with bad luck. After participating in research-based therapy at UCLA’s Intensive Outpatient Program, the patient was able to pet a black cat. OCD is a mental disorder in which a person has uncontrollable and recurring thoughts […]