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July 8, 2010
One In Four California Kids Have Never Seen A Dentist
The other photos we might have used were too unpleasant A new study from UCLA researchers has one in four California having never seen a dentist. There's a lot of illuminating, and heartbreaking findings in the study, published in the journal Health Affairs. There were significant dispariti ... More >>
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July 12, 2010
Arthur Rosenbaum, harassed UCLA eye researcher who helped 10,000 children, has died
By Max Taves UCLAStudents and patients support scientists at UCLAOft-threatened UCLA eye doctor and researcher Arthur Rosenbaum has died. Over his 36-year career the ophthalmologist treated 10,000 children for strabismus, or eye misalignment, using techniques he pioneered, in part, from ex ... More >>
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July 26, 2010
UCLA Launches West Coast's First Hand Transplant Program
Photo credit: UCLAThe first hand-transplant program on the West Coast was introduced Monday at UCLA. Since 1999, only nine people in the United States have received hand transplants. "Over the past decade, the exciting field of hand transplantation has resulted in excellent outcomes for pati ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Website Lets College Students Bet On Their Grades
Students at USC and UCLA can bet on their own grades this coming fall. According to KTLA, the site Ultrinsic.com lets students bet on whether or not they can achieve a certain grade. The bets start at $25. This is how it works: A student places a bet on the website, puts up some of the mone ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
UCLA: More Angelenos Without Health Insurance
Nearly 29 percent of residents of L.A. County younger than 65 didn't have health insurance at some point last year, according to a new UCLA study. That's a staggering 2.7 million people and was significantly higher than the statewide average of 24.3 percent. Researchers blame the recession, ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
USC Beats UCLA In ... Smarts?
USC beat crosstown rival UCLA this week, and it wasn't, as usual, on the football field. No, surprisingly, the win is in the academic arena, as USC outranked UCLA in U.S. News & World Report's annual national college rankings. The Trojans ended up one step above the Bruins at 23 to 25 (there ... More >>
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September 9, 2010
More Than 200 L.A. County Employees Took Home $250K Or More Last Year
The city of Bell hasn't been the only local government paying some of its employees handsomely. It turns out that some Los Angeles County workers make nearly Bell-level incomes, often because they take in beaucoup overtime bucks or "other earnings." LA Weekly obtained a county document that ... More >>
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November 22, 2010
UCLA The Most Vegan-Friendly College in America
Yet another reason to attend UCLA. There's the education, the Bruins, and now an imprimatur from peta2, which just crowned the school the Most Vegan-Friendly College in America. UCLA defeated 31 other schools from across the country in the large-school category in what peta2, the youth version of ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Animal-Rights Activists Send 'AIDS-Tainted' Razor Blades, 'Hell Awaits You' Note To UCLA Professor
UCLA MagazineWhatcha got for me today, DocUCLA neuroscientist David Jentsch, who performs drug tests on vervet monkeys at the university, was the target of a particularly gnarly animal-rights protest this week. He received a package at his home containing alleged AIDS-infested razor blades a ... More >>
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November 25, 2010
DANCE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT
UCLA MagazineWhatcha got for me today, DocUCLA neuroscientist David Jentsch, who performs drug tests on vervet monkeys at the university, was the target of a particularly gnarly animal-rights protest this week. He received a package at his home containing alleged AIDS-infested razor blades a ... More >>
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November 30, 2010
USC Appears To Strike First In Rivalry With UCLA: Westwood Campus Fountain Water Turned Red
Daily BruinAll your fountain are belong to US(C).It's that time of year when your friends at UCLA and USC go at it in anticipation of the annual football match between the crosstown foes that has become of the country's greatest sports rivalries. It looks like the spoiled children of USC str ... More >>
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December 7, 2010
Burbank Kids Bribed Into Caring About College With Reenactment Of USC-UCLA Rivalry
halloweenbearcostume.comRawwwr! I stab you in face and eat your team for lunch!Hey kids! Did you know that UCLA is one of the top public universities in the country, with stellar undergraduate opportunities in the social sciences and a prestigious faculty that includes three professors electe ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
Animal Rights Activists Sue UCLA Police: Claim Campus Cops Target, Harrass and Crush Free Speech Over Monkey Love
It's no secret that animal rights activists aren't too fond of the medical experiments being done at UCLA. Faculty members and researchers have been on the scary end of bombs, letters filled with razor blades, vandalism and verbal threats. In response, UCLA admits that it has taken steps to ... More >>
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February 17, 2011
UCLA Scientists: Oops, We Cured Baldness
Tyra will finally be beautiful againBaldness: That cursed genetic trait, forever cock-blocking older men from cheating on their wives (with the exception of Bruce Willis), squelching their confidence to ask for a better cubicle and overall giving them the vague look of a gigantic human condom ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
UCLA Study: Cigarettes Make Teens Want to Smoke More Cigarettes
cigarettesflavours.comStop that, teens. Smoking is bad.UCLA researchers were on a real roll there for a minute, what with all the cures for baldness and sexual revelations about homeless kids. But if we may be so bold, we're inclined to wax a bit duh on this one: According to the university's ... More >>
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March 8, 2011
First Successful Hand Transplant in Western U.S. is Achieved at UCLA -- after the Fingerprints got a Background Check
UCLA Health System/ Ann Johansson PhotographyFuturamaaaa!Surgeons at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center performed a 14-and-a-half hour hand transplant this weekend.The hand traveled from San Diego to become the first ever hand transplant in the western U.S. The Futurama-esque procedure has decid ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
Animal Testing Wars in Los Angeles Ramp Up: On Five Billboards, the Foundation for Biomedical Research Urges Support for Rat Research
UCLALatest billboardWhen it comes to medical research on animals, one thing is certain: lots of folks don't like what's going on at UCLA, and the school doesn't much appreciate the more extreme animal activists. Over the years, faculty members and researchers have been the target of bombs, lette ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Animal Rights Radicals at UCLA Taken on Tonight by KCET's 'SoCal Connected'
KCETAn animal rights protester.The aggro opposition to animal research has targeted UCLA professors at their homes, scaring some into quitting that business. The crusade against animal testing has resulted in three car bombings, a home invasion and death threats. Tonight on KCET SoCal Conne ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Asians in the Library's Revenge: UCLA Accepts Freshman Class That's 45 Percent Asian American
'Revenge of the Nerds'Nerds.You knew there would be some revenge of the Asians after Alexandra Wallace's racist YouTube rant about "Asians in the library" at UCLA. And here it is. The fall, 2011 freshman class just admitted by the school is a whopping 45 percent Asian and Asian American, rep ... More >>
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April 19, 2011
USC Students Have More Sex Than UCLA Rivals, According to OkCupid
John Martinez PavligaWoot-woot: USC slaps UCLA, again.USC Trojans. With a name like that, it figures that the young men and woman of Troy are claiming yet another victory over crosstown rival UCLA. Yep, Trojans have more sex than Bruins. Duh. Trojans were practically made for sex. That USC ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Orphan Ante: Ephemera and Freak films at Filmforum and UCLA
John Martinez PavligaWoot-woot: USC slaps UCLA, again.USC Trojans. With a name like that, it figures that the young men and woman of Troy are claiming yet another victory over crosstown rival UCLA. Yep, Trojans have more sex than Bruins. Duh. Trojans were practically made for sex. That USC ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
Page Two: UCLA's Student-Run JazzReggae Festival
John Martinez PavligaWoot-woot: USC slaps UCLA, again.USC Trojans. With a name like that, it figures that the young men and woman of Troy are claiming yet another victory over crosstown rival UCLA. Yep, Trojans have more sex than Bruins. Duh. Trojans were practically made for sex. That USC ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
'No Recovery in Sight,' Says UCLA Anderson Forecast
Adam TinworthShop for America.Things were looking up there for a second, right? Unemployment was creeping down, people were starting buy houses again, you got the new iPhone. And then, boom: Housing prices went toilet-bound again, unemployment barely budged, and the stock market is experie ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Ching Chong Ling Long Gourmet Takeout: From YouTube to Take-Out
Creative Commons: Mykl Roventine The internet has allowed for the dissemination of stupidity at a rate greater than anyone could have imagined. Witness (now ex-) UCLA student Alexandra Wallace. Her rant, ostensibly about Asians talking on cell phones in the library but touching on subjects ... More >>
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June 22, 2011
UCLA Students Slapped With 2.75% 'Convenience Fee' For Paying Tuition With Credit Cards
Pay up, Bruins.As if paying triple in tuition what students ponied up 10 years ago isn't enough (along with an additional 8 percent hike for next year), UCLA students who cover their tabs with credit cards will be slapped with another fee: A 2.75 percent "convenience fee," the university say ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
Running, Exercise (Sex?) Could Make You Smarter, UCLA Research Indicates
San Diego ShooterYou're jogging briskly and in the zone and all of a sudden you want to write that book you've been meaning to pen and take that night class you've wanted to sign up for. You're invigorated. You're smart! Yeah, who knew a jock pursuit like getting your heart rate up might act ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Disco Films at UCLA
San Diego ShooterYou're jogging briskly and in the zone and all of a sudden you want to write that book you've been meaning to pen and take that night class you've wanted to sign up for. You're invigorated. You're smart! Yeah, who knew a jock pursuit like getting your heart rate up might act ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Holy Apocalypto: Ancient War Resulted in ... Civilization? UCLA Researchers Say Hooah to That
ApocalyptoMel Gibson's a genius.War, huh, yeah. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing. Come again? UCLA researchers might beg to differ, Senor Edwin Starr. Research suggests that ancient battles of the Apocalypto variety might have spawned the earliest vestiges of civilization, namely buil ... More >>
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August 8, 2011
A Raver's Dreamwear: UCLA Invents Stretchy, Glowing Devices 'That Can Move With Body'
So yesterday.Update: Indeed, a UCLA scientist tells us the stretchable LEDs will one day be used for clothing, and -- exceeding our most rave-tastic expectations -- be able to "display videos." Details after the jump. Originally posted at 12:35 p.m. When UCLA scientists unveiled a fine new ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
iPhones That Charge Themselves? There's a Future Hack For That, Thanks to UCLA Researchers
hotgirlswithiphones.comOkay, hipsters. Don't all jizz yourselves at once. But it looks like UCLA researchers have discovered a way for you to revive your juiced iPhone with solar rays -- no ad-on charger necessary. Well, in theory, anyway. This is some year-2000 future shit. Your fellow gee ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
USC Beats UCLA in U.S. News & World Report's Annual Rankings of Top American Universities
It's bad enough for us Bruins to have to endure the constant beat downs by USC in football (even when team's not even post-season eligible). But these U.S. News & World Report rankings are too much. Once again USC has edged out UCLA in its list of top-flight national universities, with the ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Happy Gene Discovered by UCLA Researchers (And it's Not Called Cocaine)
AirplaneHappy!A UCLA psychology professor claims to have found the happy gene. The gene, the school reports this week, has been linked to optimism, self-esteem and mastery, or what UCLA explains as "the belief that one has control over one's own life." Well, we have news for you, "distingui ... More >>
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September 22, 2011
Sexy Advertising Really Works, Says UCLA Study: No Duh, Says Hooters
hootersmagazine.comFor some reason a beer sounds good right about now.You'd like to think that your fellow Americans respond to facts and figures when going out to buy stuff. You'd be partly right. But a new UCLA study conducted in conjunction with George Washington University found that sex ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Sex Assault, Another Attempt to Grab Student Have UCLA on Edge
Chris RadcliffUCLA is on alert.It looks like a rapist might be on the loose at UCLA. Police on campus warned students this week about a sexual assault and an attempt to grab a woman that both happened on Saturday on or near campus. The victims are students. In both cases the suspect, descri ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
Sex Assault, Separate Grab at Student Have UCLA on Edge
Chris RadcliffUCLA is on alert.It looks like a rapist might be on the loose at UCLA. Police on campus warned students this week about a sexual assault and a separate grab at a woman that both happened Saturday on or near campus. The victims are students. In both cases the suspect, described ... More >>
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October 11, 2011
Transgender Students Could Cross Opposite-Sex Roommate Divide at UCLA Under Proposed Campus Dorm Policy
Sam TTraditional on-campus roomy situations at UCLA almost always involve boys living with boys and girls living with girls. But what if you're a boy who looks like a girl and is in the process of becoming a girl? Could you still live with a girl? That's a possibility because ...
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October 21, 2011
Near-Nude Streaker at UCLA-Arizona Game Inspires Confused Players to Brawl
YouTubeWinning streak.We give this guy big points for figuring out a way -- Hollywood comedy-flick-style -- of getting on a football field unnoticed in order to perform his big prank: Taking off most of his clothes and streaking just before halftime at UCLA's game against the University of A ... More >>
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October 27, 2011
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November 3, 2011
Gang Rivalries Figured Out by UCLA Computer Algorithm That's Almost as Good as Street Knowledge
This 18th Streeter has a high probability of not liking M.S.Researchers at UCLA say they might have found a magic bullet when it comes to solving gang crime: A computer algorhithm. A study destined for a future edition of the mathematical journal Inverse Problems analyzed 1,000 gang crimes t ... More >>
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November 8, 2011
UCLA Scientists Invent HIV-Blocking Anal Gel
cure.med.ucla.eduDr. Peter Anton, who led the study.In the worldwide race to cure HIV, researchers out of Los Angeles have made some of the biggest recent breakthroughs. By late 2009, UCLA had discovered human blood stem cells could be used to fight HIV-infected cells. And by this August, USC ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Free Lunch For Needy UCLA Students: Are Things Really That Bad?
Cup Noodles / Nissin FoodsThe whole idea behind state schools like UCLA and Cal State campuses was that anyone could get a world-class education -- you didn't need to be a Vanderbilt (or, to be more current, a Vanderpump). But as the state budget has constricted education spending and flowe ... More >>
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November 18, 2011
Occupy UCLA Crops up on Campus With 25 Tents: School Warns it Probably Won't be Tolerated
Occupy UCLA FacebookUpdated at the bottom with arrests. Originally posted at 1:39 p.m. yesterday Occupy L.A.'s 400-plus tent encampment, which some have speculated is the largest Occupy village in the nation now that the movements in Oakland and Manhattan have been ejected, has some competi ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Ready for Some Action?
Occupy UCLA FacebookUpdated at the bottom with arrests. Originally posted at 1:39 p.m. yesterday Occupy L.A.'s 400-plus tent encampment, which some have speculated is the largest Occupy village in the nation now that the movements in Oakland and Manhattan have been ejected, has some competi ... More >>
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December 23, 2011
Scientists Can Now Officially Read Your Mind, UCLA Declares
Strain BrainNot that it takes a rocket scientist to figure out what men are thinking about 90 percent of the time. But still, don't you find UCLA's revelation just a little scary? The school's Laboratory of Integrative Neuroimaging Technology is boasting this week that it has pioneered "br ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
Latinos Invade UCLA For Fall 2012: Applications up For All Ethnic Groups
JMRosenfeldSorry, you AM-talk-show-listening Latino-haters out there, but the brown nation is busting down the doors at UCLA. In fact -- gasp -- minorities are largely responsible for the Westwood campus' 12.7 percent increase in applications for fall. It's the most diverse applicant pool i ... More >>
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January 20, 2012
Drinking Alcohol Can More Than Double Your Life Span ... if You're a Worm
Golden GlobesGreat news, Ricky Gervais. Alcohol can more than double your lifespan ... if you're a worm. The brainiacs at UCLA have discovered that giving 1 millimeter-long roundworms just a little nip of hooch dramatically increased their time on earth. Steven Clarke, a UCLA professor of ... More >>
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January 24, 2012
Once Legally Blind, Now They Can See, Thanks to Amazing Stem-Cell Research at UCLA
Johnny DangerouslyAmazing news from UCLA this week: Stem cells developed by Jules Stein Eye Institute researchers have been used to help two legally blind people achieve "modest improvement in their vision," according to the university. Hallelujah. The findings were published this week in ... More >>
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January 26, 2012
Nation's College Freshmen More Liberal, Hardworking Than Years Past: UCLA Report
The Daily TrojanThe youth is starting to change, brah.The freshman class of 2011 is challenging the "lazy millennial" stereotype that has come to define Generation Y, according to a nationwide survey conducted by UCLA. "On the academic front, students showed more positive behaviors consiste ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Sexual Assault on UCLA Campus: Third One This School Year
Daily Bruin / YouTubeThe Saxon Steps, a.k.a. the "Rape Trail."Updated at the bottom: Investigators have leads in the latest case. First posted at 5:50 p.m. A UCLA student was sexually assaulted on campus early today, according to campus police. The attack happened about 2:20 a.m. "at the to ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
New Galaxy Discovered by UCLA Researchers (Really), But It's A 'Dwarf'
Austin PowersUCLA researchers today announced that they've discovered a new galaxy. And not just any galaxy, but a "dwarf galaxy." Despite its relatively Manny Pacquiao-like dimensions, the new-to-us baby known as NGC 4449B is, when stretched out, bigger than the Milky Way and the Andromeda ... More >>
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