Med and cancer centers named best in the West The UCLA Medical Center ranked as the best hospital in the Western United States for the 14th consecutive year and also moved up to be the third best hospital in the nation from the last year’s number five spot. Read more...
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July 27, 9:00 pm
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July 27, 9:00 pm
Experiment to outfit classroom with sensors
Electrical engineering Professor Mani Srivastava’s seven-year-old daughter Megha provided the initial inspiration for a research project that may provide groundbreaking results in the fields of education and computer science. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Online: Drug rehabilitation has financial benefits over incarceration
The first results of a UCLA study released last week show that California taxpayers are saving more money than expected due to Proposition 36, which gives first- and second-time drug offenders the option of rehabilitation with probation instead of jail time. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Online: Students have mixed reactions over parking lot construction
With the first phase of construction of the 294-space Dykstra Hall parking structure now visible, students residing on the Hill are comforted by the prospect of increased parking in the near future. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Online: Formerly conjoined twins recover at separate rates
While Maria Teresa and Maria de Jesus Quiej-Alvarez were on the pediatric floor of the UCLA Medical Center last summer, a mirror was strategically placed in the bed they shared. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Editorial: Market, families need support of L.A. community
The tragedy at Santa Monica’s Farmers’ Market on Wednesday reminds us all how fragile life can be ““ dozens of lives ended instantly when a car driven by an elderly man careened down the wrong street. Read more...
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July 20, 9:00 pm
Recent cases renew attention toward conjoined twins
By Jeyling Chou BRUIN SCIENCE SENIOR STAFF [email protected] Midwives refused to touch Chang and Eng Bunker on the day they were born in 1811, horrified that the twin brothers were joined at the abdomen by a single band of flesh. Read more...