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Cell Phone Microscope Built By Engineer To Diagnose Diseases

New York Times | ANNE EISENBERG | Posted 11.09.2009 | Technology

Read More: Aydogan Ozcan, Phone Microscope, Cellphone Camera, Dr. Ozcan, California NanoSystems Institute, Ucla, Phone Camera, Ozcan, Cellphone Microscope, Cell Phone Microscope, Technology News

MICROSCOPES are invaluable tools to identify blood and other cells when screening for diseases like anemia, tuberculosis and malaria. But they are als...

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Tadamasa Goto's Liver Transplant Profiled: How Yakuza Boss Got New Liver At UCLA (VIDEO)

Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Tadamasa, Lara Logan, Ucla Ethics, UCLA Medical Center, Crime, Organ Donation, Ucla, Organ Transplants, Ucla Medical Center Ethics, Fbi, Goto, Tokyo, 60 Minutes, Yakuza Liver Transplants, John Gotti, Mob, Yakuza, Japan, Health Care, Tadamasa Goto, World News

On Sunday, 60 Minutes aired a report by Lara Logan on the puzzling liver transplants received by Japan's top crime bosses at UCLA Medical Center. Betw...

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From The Pentagon To Monty Python: The Internet Turns 40

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology

Read More: Soviets, World Wide Web, 40th, Pentagon, Mosaic, Bulletin Board, Spam, Net, Netscape, Nuclear, China, Intergalactic Computer Network, Cold War, Britain, Personal Computer, England, Internet, Cern, 40, Malware, Apple, Pc, Russia, Usenet, Russians, Technology, Computer, Gopher, Space Race, Steve Jobs, Www, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Darpa, Lovely Spam, Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Swords Into Plowshares, Botnet, Soviet Union, Birthday, Wonderful Spam, Html, Sputnik, Trojan, Hormel, Arpanet, Spiced Ham, Ucla, Chris Weigant, Virus, Spam Spam Spam Spam, Apple II, Hypertext, Steve Wozniak, World War II, Monty Python, Worm, Happy 40th Birthday Internet, Compuserve, Lan, Milnet, Technology News
Chris Weigant

Technology has grown by such leaps and bounds since 1969 that it's hard to conceive how things were before we all had access to computers.

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Mayim Bialik's Latest Role: Green Mom

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: L.A., Holistic, Disposable, Children, Green Parenting, Babysitter, Waldorf Education, Diapers, Neuroscience, Strollers, Mothering, Eastern Europe, Actress, Medicine, Sitcom, Trend, Family, Research Professor, Materialism, Replacement Level, Nanny, Home-Schooling, Body, Nbc, Caregiver, Planet, Husband, Los Angeles, Sierra Magazine, Sustainable, Ucla, Reform Judaism, Health, Judaism, Population, Vegetarian, Homemade Hygiene Products, Bedsharing, Discipline, Earth, Liberal, Potty-Training, Cleaning Products, Cloth, Tolerance, Holistic Moms Network, Cats, Acting, Southern California, Kids, Celebrity, Stay-at-Home Mom, Mayim Bialik, Hollywood, Elimination Communication, Jewish, Tikkun Olam, Religion, Water, Fast Food, Slings, Environment, Mom, Shtetl, Blossom, Green News
Avital Binshtock

We know her as Blossom, that spunky adolescent on that eponymous sitcom. But since the series ended in 1995, Mayim Bialik, now 33, has truly blossomed.

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UCLA Student Has Her Throat Slashed By Male Classmate In Chemistry Lab

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 10.10.2009 | Home

Read More: UCLA Attack, Ucla, UCLA Student Stabbed, UCLA Stabbing, Home News

LOS ANGELES — Blood gushed from a student's neck and formed a puddle on the floor of a UCLA lab as instructors struggled to stanch the wound. T...

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Hangin' With The Tea Baggers

Vanessa Carmichael | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Slideshow, Henry Waxman, Health Care Town Hall, Tea Party, Ucla, Ee, Politics News
Vanessa Carmichael

With makeshift signs that read "Don't Tread On Me" and "The End of Freedom is Socialism," these conservative citizens were there to rally for their side of the healthcare debate, albeit too often, an ill-informed idée fixe.

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Our Children Shouldn't Be Messengers Of Hate!

Linda Milazzo | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Universal Single-Payer Healthcare, Anti-Healthcare, Pro-Healthcare, President Obama, Congresswoman Jane Harman, Progressive Democrats of America, Medicare for All, Supremacy, Children as Victims, Marcy Winograd, Ideology, Pawns for Hate, Fascism, Ucla, The Joker, Hatred, Protests, Codepink, Death Panels, Congressman Henry Waxman, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Regardless of which side of the religious and socio-political spectrum a child's parent or guardian is on, that child is innocent. Children are not billboards for hatred, malice and lies.

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America's Greenest Colleges: Did Your School Make the Grade?

Avital Binshtock | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Journalists, College Students, Alma Mater, University of Vermont, Green Jobs, Oberlin, Alumni, Green, College Rankings, Coal, Academics, Colleges, University of Colorado, Rankings, Ratings, Sierra Club, Evergreen State College, Campuses, Energy, U.S. News & World Report, UC Santa Cruz, Administration, Ucla, UC Berkeley, University of Washington, Community Colleges, Students, Athletics, Transportation, Sports, Education, Energy Efficiency, University of California, Middlebury College, College, Waste Management, Sustainability, Food, Schools, Higher Education, College Graduates, College of the Atlantic, Green News
Avital Binshtock

While the good folks at U.S. News and World Report ascribe certain measurements of prestige to their college rankings, we rated schools based on what matters most to us.

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If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read About It, Right?

Paul Armentano | Posted 09.17.2009 | Living

Read More: White House, Norml, Marijuana, Obama, Pot, California, Epa, Cannabis, Lung Cancer, Ucla, Alcohol, Brown University, Thc, Cancer, Legalization, Tashkin, Armentano, Living News
Paul Armentano

Investigators from Brown University reported that lifetime marijuana use is associated with a "significantly reduced risk" of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

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Jefferson's Epitaph...and Ours

Michael Meranze | Posted 08.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Thomas Jefferson, California Schools, California Budget Crisis, California Budget Cuts, Ucla, Politics News
Michael Meranze

If Jefferson linked together education, freedom of thought, universities and national independence what can we say about our own political leaders?

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Can Meditation Change Your Brain And Affect Your Genes?

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Living News, Tai Chi, Ucla, Norman Cousins, Mindfulness Meditation, Wellness, Neuroplasticity, Genes, Brain, Mindfulness, Qi Gong, Psychoneuroimmunology, Dan Siegel, Meditation, Genetics, Marc, Susan Smalley, Epigenetic, Patricia Fitzgerald, Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

In last week's blog, Susan Smalley, Ph.D., founder of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at UCLA, shared with us her fascinating journey. Af...

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Labor Pains at UCLA

Peter Dreier | Posted 08.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: University of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ucla, Budget, Labor Studies, California, Labor Center, Chancellor Gene Block, Politics News
Peter Dreier

The governor's decision to eliminate the UCLA Labor Center -- a valuable, nationally-recognized center of research, teaching, and community service -- is clearly a political maneuver, not a budget necessity.

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What Inspired A Scientist To Open A Meditation Center At UCLA?

Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Living News, Adhd, Acupuncture, Mindfulness, Health, Ucla, Meditation, Genetics, Autism, Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald, Wellness, Dr. Susan Smalley, Living News
Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald

I recently attended a gathering of supporters of the Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) at the University of California, Los Angeles. During this event, I heard MARC founder (and Huffington Post blogger) Susan Smalley, Ph.D., speak. Dr. Smalley, a research scientist for 25 years, shared her fascinating journey of how she was inspired to create a center for mindfulness research.

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My Opinion: Michael Jackson's Grave (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 08.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, UCLA Medical Center, Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood, Michael Jackson Burial Site, Westwood Memorial Park, Ucla, Merv Griffin, Michael Jackson Grave, Farrah Fawcett, Donna Reed, Michael Jackson Death, Entertainment News
Tom Gregory

Michael Jackson's life has always been a contradiction of outlandish oddity and pinpoint perfection. Now in death, with the unknown location of his body, the enigma continues.

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James Franco's Rejected UCLA Commencement Speech (VIDEO)

Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Franco Funny or Die, Video, Funny or Die, James Franco, Ucla, Entertainment News

James Franco canceled giving the UCLA commencement speech last month, and now he's done a video for Funny or Die making fun of himself. The video o...

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Coaching That Changed My Life

Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 08.07.2009 | Business

Read More: Leaders Fred Case, Los Angeles City Planning Commission, Dissertation, Phd, Lesson, Consultant, Coaching, Advice, Marshall Goldsmith, Ucla, Critic, Business News
Marshall Goldsmith

Real leaders are not people who can point out what is wrong. Almost anyone can do that. Real leaders are people who can make things better.

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James Franco Cancels UCLA Graduation Speech

ew.com | Posted 07.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: James Franco UCLA, James Franco, Ucla, Entertainment News

James Franco will no longer deliver the commencement speech at the UCLA College of Letters and Science graduation ceremony on June 12, the university ...

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STUDY: Why Autism Affects Boys More Than Girls

news.yahoo.com | Alice Park | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Autism Boys, Genetics, Autism, Genes, Ucla, Causes of Autism, Living News

Among the many mysteries that befuddle autism researchers: why the disorder affects boys four times more often than girls. But in new findings reporte...

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Those Pesky Ballot Propositions - Is This Any Way to Run a Country?

Tom Alderman | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Referendums, Kudzu, Ballot Measures, Frankenstein, Mobe Rule, Management and Public Policy, James Madison, Bob Hertzberg, Pete Wilson, Foundind Fathers, Hiram Johnson, California Governor, California Assembly, Legislatures, Southern Pacific Railroad, Ucla, Mental Health Act, Initiatives, Propositions, Dan Mitchell, Prop 13, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kathleen Brown, Politics News
Tom Alderman

Deciding whether to 'increase the "rainy day" budget stabilization fund' in a state with the seventh largest economy in the world like California, requires a little more, uh, attention.

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Authors Show Eclectic Style at the LA Times Festival of Books

Megan Sayers | Posted 05.30.2009 | Style

Read More: Authors, Book Festival Fashion, Books Festival, LA Times Festival of Books, Book Festival Style, Ucla, Author, Arianna Huffington, LA Times Book Festival, Slideshow, Style News
Megan Sayers

I saw Tory Burch flats, an Armani silk sheath, three different shirts featuring kittens chasing yarn, I even saw one man walking out of the bathrooms in a plaid kilt.

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Two Accused Of Targeting, Harassing, Attempting To Injure UCLA Scientist

AP | Posted 05.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Crime, Animals, Animal Liberation Front, Animal Rights, Animal Testing, Activism, Extremism, Ucla, Green News

LOS ANGELES — Two animal rights activists were charged Monday with conspiracy, stalking and other crimes against researchers at University of Ca...

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UCLA Students to Benefit Burma at the 3rd Annual Mighty Mic Concert

Levi Felix | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mighty Mic, Causecast, Concert, Benefit, Ucla, Burma, Ackerman Union, University of California, Myanmar, Benefit Concert, Entertainment News
Levi Felix

This student-run nonprofit concert attracts about 2,000 attendees annually and is fast becoming a UCLA tradition.

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FBI Investigating Firebombing Of UCLA Researcher's Car

Los Angeles Times | Julie Cart | Posted 04.10.2009 | Green

Read More: UCLA Car Bomb, Ucla, Animals, Animal Liberation Front, Animal Testing, Green News

The FBI is looking into the firebombing of a vehicle owned by a UCLA neuroscientist who was targeted by an anti-animal research group for using primat...

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So You Think You Can Dance... For 26 Hours?

Levi Felix | Posted 03.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Hiv, Pediatric, Marathon, Ucla, Ackerman, Causecast, Dance, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Aids, 2009, Causes, Nonprofits, Living News
Levi Felix

"Dance Marathon places students at the forefront of social change, illustrating that this generation will not simply sit back and watch injustice unfold."

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Detroit Drives to DC and Dr. Deming Invents Japan

Steve Parker | Posted 01.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Congress, Pontiac Silver Streak Woodie Wagon, Troubled Assets Relief Program, Class Warfare, Hemi Hybrids, Cars, Infrastructure Repair, Infrastructure, Green Cars, Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, Hybrid Cars, Daihatsu Naked, Ipod, Subway, Ucla, Detroit Three, Chicago Cubs, Detroit CEOs, W. Edwards Deming, Detroit Automakers, Green Infrastructure, Bullet Trains, US Capitol, Monorail, Jeep, Japan, Mitsubishi Mirage, Light Rail, Tarp, Wall Street Bailout, Chrysler, Rick Wagoner, President Obama, Ford, Las Vegas Hilton, Dodge Durango Hybrid, Bob Lutz, Southern California, Credit Markets Tight, Japanese Cars, Robert Nardelli, Electric Cars, Washington, Detroit, Congressional Oversight, Plug-in Hybrids, President Bush, Detroit Bailout, Chrysler Aspen Hybrid, Gas Electric Hybrids, Daihatsu Charade, Uaw, Gm, Alan Mulally, Electric Car Infrastructure, National Infrastructure, Dr. W. Edwards Deming, Mitsubishi Precis, Wall Street, US Marines, Hitachi, Lourdes, Narita, Business News
Steve Parker

We've had enough threats from our sworn enemies -- we don't need them from Detroit executives. These CEOs and their boards of directors must go, whether by car or jet or skateboard, they must go.

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