The UCLA community heard professors and a Nobel Prize winner lecture on a variety of science topics from black holes to water purification at the first-ever virtual iteration of UCLA’s annual science fair. Read more...
Photo: Exploring Your Universe, UCLA’s annual science outreach program went virtual this year. The event was able to use a virtual platform to simulate the live booths, speaker stage as well as the planetarium show. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Nov. 8 at 8:13 p.m. Dozens of activists gathered at the Jackie Robinson Stadium parking lot Sunday to criticize UCLA’s role in letting the LAPD use the lot to detain protesters in June and to protest campus policing. Read more...
Photo: Activists gathered in the Jackie Robinson Stadium parking lot Sunday to criticize the lot’s use by LAPD to detain protesters June 1. Attendees laid white tiles printed with a picture of handcuffs on the pavement. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...
This post was updated May 15 at 2:00 p.m. Some transfer students have struggled to access the Transfer Student Center’s resources since transitioning to a virtual environment, students said. Read more...
Photo: Transfer Student Center’s new online platform offers new outreach opportunities but has also led to a disconnect with certain students. (Daniel Leibowitz/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA Transportation organized its annual campaign to promote Sustainable Transportation Month on a virtual platform for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Get Movin’, Bruins! Read more...
Photo: UCLA Transportation’s virtual Get Movin’, Bruins! campaign encourages the UCLA community to use eco-friendly forms of transportation. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Undergraduate student leaders are organizing in support of a 2020 election ballot proposition that would allow universities in California to consider race as a factor in admissions. Read more...
Photo: Melody Satele (left), Aidan Arasasingham (center) and Angela Li (right) are some of the several UCLA student leaders who are campaigning for the passage of Proposition 16, which would repeal Proposition 209 if passed. Proposition 209 bans state entities from considering race, sex, ethnicity and national origin in their employment, admissions and contracting. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA plans to give students access to additional learning software and contact tracing tools, university administrators said at a virtual event Wednesday. A large-scale return to campus will not be possible until a COVID-19 vaccine is available and widely deployed, said Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck at the COVID-19 Response & Recovery Task Force Staff Town Hall. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will introduce new technology to improve online learning, contact tracing and testing, said administrators on the university’s COVID-19 task force. (Screen capture by Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)
