Wednesday, June 25

Daily Bruin wins Pinnacle Award for best four-year daily collegiate newspaper

The Daily Bruin was named the top daily four-year college newspaper by the College Media Association for the first time Friday. The Daily Bruin won first place for CMA’s Pinnacle Awards in the four-year daily newspaper of the year category and first place in the best audio slideshow category for the 2019-2020 year. Read more...

Photo: The Daily Bruin won first place in the four-year daily newspaper of the year category for the first time in the 2019-2020 Pinnacle Awards. The Bruin also won awards for best audio slideshow, best breaking news coverage and best sports investigative story, among other honors.(Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)



Graduate health, science programs offer some in-person courses with precautions

Some UCLA graduate schools are now operating with increased COVID-19 safety precautions for in-person instruction. In-person classes are limited to essential workforce training programs that cannot be deferred to an online format, said UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: UCLA graduate schools will conduct in-person classes and labs with extra COVID-19-related health protocols. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Daily Bruin wins Pacemaker Awards in 3 categories for 2nd consecutive year

The Daily Bruin received its seventh Pacemaker Award for being one of the best national college newspapers along with two online awards for the 2019-2020 year from the Associated Collegiate Press on Thursday. Read more...

Photo: The Daily Bruin won Pacemaker Awards on Thursday for best four-year college newspaper, best website and best magazine website. The Bruin also won five awards in individual categories. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Posthumous $9M donation from married professors to support students, faculty

A married pair of UCLA professors posthumously left the university nearly $9 million that will go toward scholarships, department chairs and seminars. Bernice Wenzel and Wendell Jeffrey, two married psychology professors at UCLA who passed away in 2018 and 2015, respectively, donated $8.7 million to UCLA, said Lynn Andrews, the professors’ niece, in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will use posthumous donations from two professors to offer scholarships to students and financially support department faculty. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)



UCLA health panel talks importance of communities of color in vaccine research

The development of a successful vaccine for COVID-19 depends on public trust and participation from underserved communities in vaccine trials, a panel of UCLA health professionals said. Read more...

Photo: The success of a COVID-19 vaccine will depend on the trust and participation of underrepresented communities. However, mistrust of research institutes is a barrier between communities and their participation in vaccine trials. (Photo by Noah Danesh)



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