Tuesday, December 16

Several candidates run for Graduate Students Association election

This post was updated March 16 at 3:07 p.m. The ballot for the Graduate Students Association election will include nine candidates and one referendum. The candidates are running for four positions: president, vice president of internal affairs, vice president of external affairs and vice president of academic affairs. Read more...

Photo: Nine candidates and one referendum will be featured on the ballot for the upcoming Graduate Students Association election. The candidates (clockwise from top left) include Donald Zelaya, Danny Ying, Candace Wang, Noor Nakhaei, Priyanka Sigar, Sonya Brooks, Jamie Leonard and Ernesto Arciniega. (Courtesy of GSA Elections Board)


UCLA administrators agree to several sit-in demands from student organizations

UCLA administration agreed to most of the demands of the student leaders who organized the 16-day sit-in protest occupying Murphy Hall that took place in early February. Read more...

Photo: Students sit on the floor of Murphy Hall a sit-in protest. Student leaders won multiple concessions from university leaders as a result of their 16-day sit-in protest on campus. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA to lift on-campus masking, testing requirements beginning April 11

This post was updated March 16 at 5:59 p.m. UCLA will lift its indoor mask and surveillance testing requirements starting April 11 for people up-to-date on vaccinations, the university announced Friday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will remove indoor mask requirements and weekly COVID-19 surveillance requirements beginning two weeks after the beginning of spring quarter for individuals up to date with vaccinations. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)


Candidacy processes kick off USAC, GSA 2022 election seasons

This post was updated March 14 at 8:45 p.m. Undergraduate and graduate student government elections are underway. Undergraduate students may submit an application to run for a position on the Undergraduate Students Association Council by the end of March 18. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council is housed in Kerckhoff Hall. Elections for the undergraduate and graduate student governments in progress. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)


UCLA advocates for on-campus station along proposed Sepulveda transit line

This post was updated March 14 at 8:51 p.m. UCLA supported the construction of a train station on campus for an upcoming project in a letter to the Los Angeles Metro. Read more...

Photo: Students walk near Powell Library on campus, which UCLA hopes to make more accessible through public transit. In a letter to Los Angeles Metro, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck supported options that would help UCLA community members reach campus more easily. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students hold candlelight vigil for victims of mosque attack in Pakistan

Editor’s note: The terms “Shia” and “Shiite” are used interchangeably based on sources’ preferences. Dozens gathered in a vigil Monday in remembrance of the victims of the recent Islamic State affiliate attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. Read more...

Photo: Students and community members gather by Kerckhoff Hall in memory of the victims of an Islamic State affiliate bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Leaders respond to concerns about racism in medical school’s psychiatry department

UCLA Health leadership announced the current interim chair of the psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences department will return to faculty duties soon and the process to find a new permanent chair will begin, two days after faculty members sent a letter requesting a response from psychiatry department leadership following a Daily Bruin investigation. Read more...

Photo: Leadership from the David Geffen School of Medicine’s department of psychiatry responded to concerns raised by department faculty earlier this week. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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