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The evolution of the Hippocratic Oath

This copper portrait medal of Hippocrates was designed by Jacques Devigne for the Paris Mint in 1983. It is part of the Ralph R. and Patricia N. Sonnenschein Collection of Medical and Scientific Portrait and Commemorative Medals. The ancient...

School of Nursing clinic fights spread of TB on skid row

  Each morning as the gate to fenced-in Gladys Park is unlocked, homeless men and women move in from wherever they have spent the night on downtown L.A.’s skid row. One group gathers near the portable bathroom stalls in the park; others...

Lessons from the 'long war' against terror in the Middle East

Ambassador Ryan Crocker identified three top priorities for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East when he delivered the annual Bernard Brodie Distinguished Lecture on the Conditions of Peace organized by the UCLA Burkle Center for International...

Farmers Market at UCLA Wraps Up

The sweet scent of strawberries and other locally grown produce attracted students, faculty and passersby to the last Farmers' Market of the academic year in Bruin Plaza Thursday. "I’ve been here twice today,” said first-year...

Students swap stuff at End-of-Year Exchange

Students on The Hill swapped hundreds of books, clothes, electronic items and more during the End-of-Year Exchange at DeNeve Plaza last Saturday afternoon. Sponsored by the On-Campus Housing Council, a student organization, the event was...

Susanna Hecht on the global ‘scramble’ for the Amazon

Susanna Hecht is a professor of urban planning in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and is also on faculty in the Department of Geography and affiliated with UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. Her new book,...

Broken fire hyrdant causes afternoon water spout

  Construction crews working on a residence hall accidentally knocked over a fire hydrant Thursday afternoon, causing water to shoot about 70 feet in the air on Young Drive West near Sproul Presidio, according to Assistant Fire Marshall Steve...

UCLA musicologist defends singers from the sappy '70s

If Karen Carpenter, Barry Manilow, Barry White, Dolly Parton and Cher number among your guilty pleasures, Mitchell Morris is your man.   In a new book, the UCLA musicologist rises to the defense of these and other ‘70s recording artists...

Old iPods break through fog of Alzheimer’s with music

That old iPod or MP3 player you’ve got stashed away in a junk drawer could be bringing sweet music to someone suffering from Alzheimer’s.   Alzheimer's researcher Joshua Grill wants to send your old iPod or MP3 player to a...

A lesson learned about K-12 student suspensions

Daniel Losen remembers the hard lesson he learned as an elementary teacher faced with the problem of dealing with misbehaving students in his classroom. He realized that sending them to the principal’s office, as he frequently did, just showed...

TFT hosts 22nd Annual Film Festival

Making its premiere at this year’s UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television Film Festival will be a first-of-its-kind, student-created television pilot. Under the guidance of noted television director Rod Holcomb and veteran feature...

Students do research for the public good

When Corina McIntyre signed up to become a California JusticeCorps student volunteer in 2011 through the UCLA Center for Community Learning, she was ready to hit the ground running.   “I just thought it was a fantastic opportunity to work...

Kodi Azari: Top surgeon finds comfort in nature

Photo by Jake Fabricius Plastic surgeon and hand surgeon Kodi Azari co-directs UCLA’s Operation Mend, which treats wounded veterans with facial and other injuries requiring reconstruction. Before participating in a panel last month on how...
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