Chocolate Crickets: A Beginning to Food Week
News articles across the internet and random links on Facebook are constantly expressing how harmful it is to eat meat because of how the meat is made and processed. […]
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The Healthiest Building On Campus
As every UCLA student, staff, or faculty member must know by now, there stands a newly finished classic red, brick building next to Pauley Pavilion. Many, however, still wonder what […]
Battle of the Burritos: Understanding the Footprint of What We Eat
By Hannah Malan, Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative EatWell Pod As part of our Food Day celebration this year, the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative EatWell pod collaborated with […]
Snap, Post…and then Dig In
Have you been to a trendy restaurant recently? Standing on chairs, rearranging table settings, or rolling up the blinds to get natural light just to get the perfect picture of […]
7 Reasons Why I Love BPlate
Today, October 7th, is Bruin Plate’s 3rd anniversary since its grand opening in Fall 2013. The health-themed dining hall, lovingly dubbed BPlate by UCLA students, opened my freshman year and […]
Feed Your Busy Brain: 3 Foods that Will Boost Cognitive Function
Whether you have been enjoying a relaxing vacation, taking classes, or doing an internship, the summer break is now quickly coming to an end. Once the school year begins, we […]
Paging All Chocoholics: Chocolate Is Good For You (In Moderation, That Is)
By Susan Salter Reynolds and Wendelin Slusser Every month new test results pour in to confirm what all chocoholics know: Chocolate is good for you. Decreased blood pressure, improved blood […]
When it Comes to Bacteria, Trust Your Gut
By: Monica Morucci If asked, you would likely define yourself as human. Technically, however, you are only 10% human; our human cells are outnumbered by bacterial cells 10 to one. […]
Meet Our Speakers!
This month we would like to highlight three speakers who will be presenting at the Healthy Campus Initiative Symposium on behalf of the Eat Well Pod on April 30th from […]
Celebrate National Nutrition Month®
By: Catherine Hu, 4th-year Undergraduate at UCLA studying Psychobiology Juggling multiple exams, papers, and extracurricular activities are just a sample of the busy life of a college student, so throwing […]
The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA is envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semel.
