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September 26, 3:58 pm

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 on the third floor. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Morton La Kretz donated $5 million for renovations and new laboratories in the Botanical Building. (Amy Dixon/Assistant Photo editor)

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September 22, 9:51 am

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. Read more...

Photo: The IOP program at UCLA, led by Dr. Lindsey Bergman and Dr. Michelle Rozenman, helps child patients with severe obsessive compulsive disorder. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)

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September 22, 9:49 am

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. Read more...

Photo: The IOP program at UCLA, led by Dr. Lindsey Bergman and Dr. Michelle Rozenman, helps child patients with severe obsessive compulsive disorder. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)

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September 14, 3:15 pm

UCLA to offer free mental health screening services to new students

UCLA will now be offering free mental health screenings to all incoming freshmen and transfer students, Chancellor Gene Block announced Thursday. In a speech at the One Mind Initiative at Work summit, a conference on mental health and wellness, Block said that students who choose to participate in the screenings will be examined for various mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety and suicidal tendencies. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block announced the UCLA Depression Grand Challenge, an initiative to change the perception and treatment of mental illness and provide free mental health screenings to incoming freshmen and transfer students. (Owen Emerson/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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September 11, 3:36 pm

UC cancer research facilities coordinate to form UC Cancer Consortium

The University of California’s five cancer research centers will be coordinating their efforts to treat and research the disease. UC President Janet Napolitano and John Stobo, executive vice president of UC Health, announced Monday that cancer research institutions at UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego and UC San Francisco have come together to form the UC Cancer Consortium. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center is one of five University of California cancer research centers that have come together to form the UC Cancer Consortium. (Michael Zshornack/Photo editor)


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