UCLA

Apr 1 2013

'Liquid biopsy'

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Scientists from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA announced today they have created a new device which could enable doctors to create personalized prostate cancer treatments.

If more studies confirm the technology’s effectiveness, the NanoVelcro Chip would enable doctors to access and identify cancerous cells in the bloodstream, which would provide the diagnostic information needed to create individually tailored treatments, according to Cedars-Sinai.

Mar 18 2013

Game set for Friday

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—UCLA received the sixth seed in the South Region and will play 11th-seeded Minnesota Friday in Austin, Texas, in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.

“We had hoped that we were going to go to San Jose,” Bruin coach Ben Howland said today after the tournament bracket was announced. “That was obviously our first choice cause it’s closest to home, best for our fans to be able to support their team.”

Mar 13 2013

No. 1 Gonzaga won the West Coast Conference tourney

Another team will earn an automatic bid into the NCAA men’s basketball tournament with a conference tournament victory Wednesday.

Bucknell and Lafayette were scheduled to meet in the Patriot League final at 7:30 p.m. EST.

The winner will join the teams that have already automatically qualified for the NCAA field:
• Belmont (Ohio Valley Conference)
• Creighton (Missouri Valley)
• Davidson (Southern)
• Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun)
• Gonzaga (West Coast)
• Harvard (Ivy League)

Nov 22 2012

Hallie Mossett was a national team member with Gabrielle Douglas

Local gymnast, Hallie Mossett, recently signed a national letter of intent to join the six-time NCAA National Championship UCLA Gymnastics team under the direction of Coach Valorie Kondos-Field.

Hallie, 17, is a senior at Vistamar School in El Segundo, and currently resides in Redondo Beach. She has been a gymnast since the age of 5, and the scholar-athlete has amassed quite an impressive list of gymnastics accomplishments.

Juliana D. Norwood  |   OW Staff Writer
Nov 15 2012

Phillip Aubrey shows dedication to his peers

Phillip Aubrey, an 18-year-old senior at King Drew Medical Magnet High School, although it’s hard work, prides himself on being an overachiever, and is on a mission to see that other young men his age excel in the same ways that he strives to.

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.