Dr. David Baron discusses fad diets and healthy weight loss strategies

Dr. David Baron joins Long Story Short to discuss healthy ways to diet and why fad diets such as the Atkins, South Beach, and juice diets aren’t successful. He talks about how incremental changes in an everyday diet are more effective in the long run than short term fixes such as diet pills and weight […]

Listen: Bluegrass, Americana scene and community thrive in Los Angeles

The rising trend of Bluegrass, Americana and folk music is a nationwide phenomenon. As Billboard magazine reported in its Oct. 12 issue, Justin Bieber’s “Believe” was outsold by the neo-Americana band Mumford and Sons’ new record “Babel” with more than 600,000 sales in its first week. UCLA has surprising roots in Los Angeles’ burgeoning folk […]

Listen: Students, professor share traditions of Lunar New Year

The Chinese Lunar New Year of the Snake is upon us and student organizations across campus are teaming up to prepare for what will culminate in UCLA’s annual Lunar New Year Festival on Wednesday, Feb. 20 from 5–7p.m. Listen as students and Asian language and cultures Professor Hung-Hsiang Chou discuss the cultural significance behind many […]

Awareness of obese epidemic leads to wrongful weight discrimination

One of the biggest public health crises of today’s age is the obesity epidemic. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, due to increases in body weights over the last two decades, we are approaching a time in which obesity is taking over. Today, more than one-third of U.S. adults (35.7 percent) […]

Student entrepreneur designs minimalist wallet

UCLA students need their BruinCard, credit card, and cash almost everywhere they go. Second-year economics student Steven Elliot wanted to carry just these bare essentials around with him when he designed the Dash wallet, a project he crowd funded on Kickstarter. The wallet will retail for $32. We speak with Elliot and Professor Emeritus of […]