About 6,000 miles away from Westwood, Hana Hong sees all her UCLA friends posting their COVID-19 vaccination cards on Instagram. Although Hong wants the vaccine, the first-year biology student from South Korea said she has not been able to receive the first dose. Read more...
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Campus, News
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May 12, 9:28 pm
Students concerned about inefficient distribution of relief funds during pandemic
This post was updated May 16 at 9:23 p.m. UCLA’s delayed distribution of emergency relief funds has placed a financial burden on those who need it most, some students said. Read more...
Campus, News, Westwood
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May 10, 8:09 pm
Student unions call for UCLA Housing to adopt federal rent relief program
Two UCLA student unions are calling on the university to accept a federal relief program that would pay back debt incurred by university housing tenants. United Auto Workers 2865, a student workers union at UCLA, and the UCLA Tenants Union started a petition April 10 asking the university to accept federal assistance offered in California Senate Bill 91, which passed in late January. Read more...
Photo: Two student unions are asking UCLA to forgive unpaid rent accrued since the pandemic started. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
A Closer Look, Campus, News
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May 10, 5:31 pm
Class of 2021 expresses excitement at two-guest policy for graduation recognition
When UCLA announced Friday that students would be permitted two guests at in-person graduation recognition events, Amanda Gracian immediately contacted her father. Hearing the news, Gracian’s father cried tears of joy. Read more...
Photo: Fourth-year student Christian Ali says an in-person ceremony will feel like a real recognition of the work it took from him and his family for him to walk across the stage. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
Academics, Campus, News, Science & Health
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May 10, 12:30 pm
UCLA lab creates virtual reality app to help students with organic chemistry
UCLA researchers launched a virtual reality app in April to make learning organic chemistry more engaging for undergraduate students. Introductory organic chemistry courses focus on chemical structures. Read more...
Photo: Organic chemistry can be challenging for students to learn at first. A team of UCLA researchers hopes to change that with their new app that can visualize molecules using virtual reality. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
Campus, Higher Education, News, Science & Health
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May 9, 1:33 pm
David Geffen School of Medicine receives $590M in funding from NIH in 2020
UCLA’s medical school received the second-highest funding nationally among academic medical centers in 2020 from the National Institutes of Health. According to a UCLA Health press release, the David Geffen School of Medicine received around $590 million in grants from the NIH last year. Read more...
Campus, News, Student Government
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May 7, 10:12 pm
Student body elects Breeze Velazquez as president, fails to pass relief referendum
This post was updated May 8 at 12:07 a.m. The undergraduate student body elected a president from the For The People slate but failed to reach the required threshold to pass the Bruin Emergency Relief Fund Referendum. Only 19.82% of undergraduate students voted in the 2021 Undergraduate Students Association Election, down from 30.06% in last year’s election. Read more...
Photo: Turnout in the Undergraduate Students Association Council election dropped to under 20% from over 30% in 2020. (Courtesy of USAC candidates)