This post was updated April 10 at 10:48 a.m. Administrators from a UCLA school met with Black student activists and are planning to increase funding and create new positions at the school to promote diversity in response to a student petition from January. Read more...
Photo: Administrators at the School of Education and Information Studies pledged more support and resources for Black students in response to a January student petition. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)
Wearing masks properly can reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 while protesting during the ongoing pandemic, UCLA’s activist-in-residence and researchers said. According to a study published in February led by University of California researchers, a harm reduction approach is a safe way to participate in civil discourse during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: Protesters, public health departments and law enforcement agencies can take several measures to protect themselves from COVID-19, University of California research found. (Chelsea Westman/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated April 11 at 10:00 p.m. Some student workers said they felt relieved to be some of the first students eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine but thought UCLA could have had better communication. Read more...
Photo: Metztli Mercado-Garcia, a third-year psychology student and student worker at UCLA, received her COVID-19 vaccine because of her student worker status but said the vaccine site was far away and hard to navigate. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)
Undergraduate students will vote for about 40 candidates, three constitutional amendments and one referendum in the undergraduate student government election in spring 2021. Alfred Tun, Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board chair and fourth-year economics and political science student, presented the spring election ballot at the Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Alfred Tun, the Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board Chair, presented the 2021 spring election ballot at Tuesday’s Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
A fire hydrant on the UCLA campus burst after being struck by a truck early Wednesday afternoon, spewing water onto nearby facilities. A delivery truck accidentally backed into the fire hydrant on the north side of the Wasserman Football Center at around 12:30 p.m., said UCLA spokesperson Bill Kisliuk in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: Water from a burst fire hydrant on the north side of the Wasserman Football Center may have reached the Wasserman Football Center ground floor but did not damage Pauley Pavilion or the Acosta Athletic Complex as of early Wednesday afternoon, a UCLA spokesperson said. (Lillie Yazdi/Daily Bruin)
The power went out on the Hill on Friday evening, according to a tweet from UCLA Housing. The outage began around 8:50 p.m. Power was restored to some buildings as of 10:30 p.m., UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez said in a statement. UCLA Housing said in a tweet that it is planning to turn the power on. Read more...
Photo: The Hill experienced a power outage Friday evening, UCLA Housing said in a tweet. The outage started around 8:50 p.m. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was updated April 4 at 4:08 p.m. UCLA is planning to return to mostly in-person instruction and housing in the fall after more than a year of COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions, administrators announced Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA officials announced how the university will transition to largely in-person operations for fall 2021. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
