Ani Khashadoorian started her fall quarter in Denmark, giving a presentation about Darth Vader’s morality to an audience of graduate students. Khashadoorian, a fourth-year English and philosophy transfer student, spent two quarters last year writing a research paper, titled “On The Evil Soul,” that used popular villains to examine the relationship between morality and intention. […]
Category Archives: Science & Health
UCLA Health to open Woodland Hills Westfield location
UCLA Health will open a new clinic Monday in a Woodland Hills Westfield mall, the first phase of a larger expansion project that would bring clinics into retail spaces throughout Los Angeles. The clinic, located in The Village at the Westfield Topanga mall, is UCLA Health’s first retail location. Physicians at the clinic will focus […]
Grad student ignites entrepreneurial passion in marijuana research
In June, Jeffrey Chen met a mother whose child has a rare form of epilepsy. He was shocked to hear her child’s symptoms nearly disappeared after he began to use medical marijuana. “Her kid had a host of side effects from past prescription drugs – he would sleep all day and have zero energy,” Chen […]
UCPD arrests dentistry school manager for alleged rape
University police arrested a manager at the UCLA School of Dentistry for allegedly raping a drugged individual. The man, who is the training manager and clinics liaison at the dentistry school’s public health and community dentistry department, was arrested in his office at 10960 Wilshire Blvd. on Tuesday, according to police logs. UCPD spokeswoman Nancy […]
Young Research Library 3-D printer accepts student, faculty proposals
The black, cube-shaped 3-D printer hummed as lasers stacked thin layers of plastic-infused white filament upon each other, giving 3-D life to a 2-D design. After the printer completed its job, Doug Daniels removed a lattice-patterned skull from the platform. The printer, located on the second floor of Charles E. Young Research Library, was only […]
UCLA, USC to research health disparities of LGBT military personnel
A $1.89 million UCLA and USC research study funded by the U.S. Department of Defense will examine health disparities between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military service members and heterosexual service members. The two-year study grant, awarded in September, will fund one of the first projects sponsored by the Department of Defense since the 2010 […]
Luskin conference to discuss implications of neuroscience in society
UCLA will host the first Luskin Neuroscience and Society Conference Friday to allow faculty from different parts of campus to discuss the implications of neuroscience in everyday life. The Luskin Neuroscience and Society Conference will cover topics such as prejudice, the ethics of brain stimulation, education, music and policy. It will be held at Korn […]