Friday, June 20

UC SHIP rates unaffected by Affordable Care Act insurance increases

Increasing prices on health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act will not affect student health insurance fees. Premiums for a group of insurance plans on the federal health care marketplace will increase by an average of 25 percent next year. Read more...

Photo: Rising fees nationally for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans will not affect premiums for UC Student Health Insurance Plans. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)


UCLA disability studies minor to celebrate 10th anniversary

When faculty and administrators started the disability studies minor, they thought students with disabilities would be the most interested. But 10 years later, the minor has grown in size, and students from all backgrounds apply. Read more...

Photo: Claudine Ignacio, a third-year psychobiology student, runs an Instagram page that tells the stories of disabled individuals, inspired by a disability studies class. (Courtesy of Claudine Ignacio)



UCLA collaborates in programs to help improve Latin American health care

UCLA medical scholars and residents are collaborating with medical workers in Latin America to provide better health care. At a panel hosted by the UCLA Center for World Health on Thursday, three physicians from the David Geffen School of Medicine and a physician from Nicaragua discussed the health care projects they are leading in underserved Latin American areas. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Center for World Health hosted a panel discussing Latin American health care Thursday, as part of the newly launched Latin America Initiative. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)


Photo: Bruins for Healthcare gets pied in the face for a good cause

Students de-stressed by throwing pies on other students’ faces Wednesday. Bruins for Healthcare held an event from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Dickson Court where students that were stressed from midterms or needed to release frustration got to pie the organization’s board members in the face. Read more...

Photo: Board members of Bruins for Healthcare were pied on the face by students who felt stressed out due to midterms, as part of the student organization’s fundraising initiative. (Stella Huang/Daily Bruin)


Student-created app matches strangers for meals on the Hill

Students who find themselves eating alone on the Hill have a new way to find a dining partner. With the Bruin Dine app, which was launched by three UCLA students, students are matched with a stranger for a meal. Read more...

Photo: UCLA students Dustin Wong (left), a fourth-year biology student, Ram Sivasundaram (center) and Victor Wu (right), fourth-year economics students, created Bruin Dine, a new app that helps students find people to eat with at dining halls on the Hill. (Laura Uzes/Daily Bruin)




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