UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative celebration gives a nod to sleep
The event scheduled for April 20 will include a panel with Arianna Huffington and Chancellor Gene Bl
The UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semel is thriving and incubating ideas that support healthy choice as the easy choice in areas of food, physical activity, mindful wellness, the physical environment, and a tobacco free campus. Healthy sleep is a crosscutting Healthy Campus Initiative theme.
With one in three Americans — and a whopping seven in 10 American college students — not getting sufficient time with the sandman, it’s no surprise that many of us are losing sleep over losing sleep.
The UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative aims to reawaken our understanding of — and respect for — sleep at its annual celebration event to be held April 20 in Pauley Pavilion. A sleep fair with healthy food samples, prizes and student group posters begins at 5 p.m. This will be followed by a panel discussion, live entertainment and an awards presentation beginning at 7 p.m. and a book signing with Arianna Huffington beginning at 8:30 p.m. The event is free and open to everyone.
“Healthy sleep is a crucial intersecting theme of the Healthy Campus Initiative,” said Dr. Wendy Slusser, associate vice provost of the Healthy Campus Initiative, envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semel and launched in 2013. “It’s essential for maintaining and improving mental, physical and social health and for our students healthy sleep is linked to positive academic performance.”
Among the evening’s notable guests is Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post and author of “The Sleep Revolution,” who will moderate a panel discussion about sleep.
Panelists will include UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, whose scientific work focuses on sleep and circadian rhythms; Metta World Peace, Los Angeles Lakers forward and mental health and healthy eating advocate; Jerry Siegel, director of the UCLA Center for Sleep Research and a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences; Shelly Ibach, president and CEO of Sleep Number; and Hosain Rahman, founder and CEO of Jawbone. Together, they will dispel myths about sleep, discuss the stigma associated with sleep and offer helpful tips for those eager to improve sleep habits.— Rebecca Kendall, Apr. 7
Read the full article at the UCLA Newsroom website.
