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...
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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)
Campus, News
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May 7, 2:13 pm
UCLA will now allow graduating students up to 2 guests at commencement ceremonies
Current graduating students will be permitted two guests to accompany them at their in-person spring commencement ceremony, UCLA announced in a campuswide email Friday. Following the continued decline of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County and recent decisions made by county public health officials, the university will be holding outdoor processions for commencement at Drake Stadium, said Monroe Gorden, vice chancellor for student affairs, in the statement. Read more...
Photo: UCLA announced Friday that graduating students will be permitted to bring two guests to their in-person spring commencement ceremony. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)