Monday, June 23

USAC to vote on fund to pay future undocumented council members

The art for this post was updated March 2 at 2:55 p.m. The Undergraduate Students Association Council is considering a fund that will allow undocumented USAC council members who lose their work authorization to continue receiving their salary, in response to an incident in 2020 where an undocumented council member went without pay for around seven weeks. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council will vote this week on a proposal to establish a fund to pay future undocumented council members who do not have work authorization. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)


Amendment gives elections board more autonomy over USAC elections calendar

An amendment will give the board that runs the student government elections more independence over the elections calendar. The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution Feb. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council voted in February to amend the elections code to give the elections board chair more autonomy in determining the elections calendar. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA’s new autonomous delivery robots

Associated Students UCLA began using Starship robots in January to autonomously deliver food throughout campus. While plans to bring the delivery bots onto campus began before the pandemic, they now offer a contactless way for people to get food around UCLA. Read more...



UCLA will reopen some on-campus activities amid declining COVID-19 transmission

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 8:15 p.m. UCLA is developing plans to reopen some on-campus activities, including libraries and some performing arts studios, university officials announced Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Some on-campus activities, including outdoor recreation and performing arts studios, may resume with limited capacity in accordance with a revised health order by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Medical professionals discuss inequities in health care at UCLA symposium

The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis but it is important to consider racial and ethnic disparities in the health care industry, UCLA professors said at a virtual event on Saturday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA hosted its 25th annual health care symposium, in which a range of medical professionals spoke on topics including racism, health disparities, mental health and incarceration in health care. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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