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For one grad and his dad a happy twist on like father, like son
UCLA staffer William Herrera fled political violence in El Salvador three decades ago and now his son Kevin is about to graduate with a degree in ecology and evolutionary biology.
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Video: The challenges these Bruins overcame to get to commencement
We asked a few graduating seniors in the UCLA class of 2018 to share some of the twists and turns during their journey to graduation.
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What does it mean to be moved by love?
An emotion called ‘kama muta’ is typically accompanied by moist eyes or tears, chills or goosebumps, a warm feeling in the body, a feeling of exhilaration and a motivation to help others.
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Treating intestine with ‘good’ cholesterol compound inhibits lung tumor growth in mice
The findings help explain the connection between HDL cholesterol and reduced cancer risk, and suggest that a similar compound may be an effective therapy in humans.
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UCLA Anderson Forecast sees economy moving ahead ― for now
Potential threats, such as trade and global risks, could affect the United States and California economic outlooks, the report stated.
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Helping senior citizens connect with tech
UCLA student volunteers create a program in which those interested in learning more about technology and social media can flourish.
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Urban planning professor Leo Estrada – ‘a giant on many fronts’ – retires after 40 years
UCLA colleagues recall his 40 years as a researcher, teacher and mentor, which included serving on the Christopher Commission and advocacy for people of color.
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Mathematicians excel in competition that rewards creative thinking
Team of UCLA students places fifth in the annual Putnam examination, which routinely stumps some of the smartest math whizzes in the country.
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Native American siblings stop at nothing to graduate from UCLA and lift their community
David, Minda and Daniel Streamer defied the odds and circumstances that have made American Indians the least-represented group on college campuses nationwide.
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UCLA Kidney Transplant Program leads the nation in numbers — and vision
The team performed a staggering 363 kidney transplants in 2017, more than any other transplant center in the United States, according to data.
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Tiny defects in semiconductors created ‘speed bumps’ for electrons. UCLA researchers cleared the path
Their method joins a semiconductor layer and a metal electrode layer without the atomic-level defects that typically occur as part of the process commonly used now.
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UCLA tutoring program teaches English language skills – and so much more
Each year, scores of UCLA students volunteer through Project SPELL — for Students for Progress in Employee Language Learning — to teach English as a second language to employees.
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UCLA faculty voice: Artificial intelligence can’t reason why
Professor Judea Pearl writes about how the current data-crunching approach to machine learning misses an essential element of human intelligence.
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UCLA Health is named among the best places to work by two publications
Forbes ranks UCLA Health No. 43 in the nation among all industries; and Becker’s Healthcare lists it among the 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare for 2018.
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UCLA Health physicians stand out in Los Angeles magazine’s ‘Top Doctors’ list
“Our physicians exemplify — every day — UCLA Health’s mission of delivering leading-edge patient care, research and education,” said Johnese Spisso, president of UCLA Health.
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Bus driver turned UCLA graduate steers life in new direction
Sequoia Thompson, 33, graduates this month with a degree in psychology and a minor in LGBTQ studies. Her goal is to become a clinical psychologist and work with queer black youth.
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Latest Gates Foundation grants will advance research on educational inclusion and global immunization
The awards, which total nearly $2.3 million, will support work by professors at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
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Scientists see inner workings of enzyme telomerase, which plays key roles in aging, cancer
A detailed view of its core may lead to the development of targeted drugs.
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Online tool will make it easier for UCLA students to register to vote
The streamlined process is part of a campus-wide civic engagement strategy, and it builds on several years of successful voter registration drives.
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Renowned surgeon tells UCLA medical graduates, ‘All lives are of equal worth’
Some 200 UCLA medical students received their diplomas Friday, June 1, in Dickson Court at the 64th annual Hippocratic Oath Ceremony for the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
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UCLA Health and Lakers host CPR Palooza
Instructors from the American Heart Association taught more than 700 guests how to perform hands-only lifesaving techniques.
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Hot weather lowers students’ ability to learn, study finds
Low-income and minority students are particularly affected, and the problem stands to worsen as global temperatures rise, according to public policy researcher Jisung Park.
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Personalized vaccine may increase long-term survival in people with deadliest form of brain cancer
Nearly 30 percent of people in the ongoing trial have survived for at least three years after they enrolled in the study; the average life expectancy for people with glioblastoma is 15 to 17 months.
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In memoriam: Paul Boyer, 99, Nobel laureate in chemistry
The professor emeritus won the 1997 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his pioneering research on the formation of adenosine triphosphate, or ATP — the cellular energy that drives all biological reactions.
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Autocrats are on the rise and democracy faces multiple threats, Rep. Adam Schiff says in lecture
The congressman delivered the Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace, sponsored by UCLA’s Burkle Center for International Relations.
- Friday, July 20, 2018