This post was updated July 5 at 10:46 p.m. The UCLA School of Dentistry failed to provide its faculty and residents sufficient protection against COVID-19 by violating established safety protocols and guidelines, residents and faculty said. Read more...
Photo: The School of Dentistry did not provide residents or faculty proper protective equipment, multiple residents and faculty said. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Living in a car is an option to consider for a third-year transfer English student. After Corinne Chapkis found out her housing contract to live on the Hill was canceled, she debated between living with her grandfather, who lives near campus, and turning her car into a makeshift home. Read more...
Photo: Many students with canceled housing contracts have had to rethink their housing situations for the upcoming school year. (Daily Bruin File Photo)
The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the difficulties students with jobs face, a UCLA report found. The UCLA Labor Center and the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute released a report and supplemental brief June 23, which looked at the challenges faced by working students at public colleges and universities in Los Angeles County and how these students have been affected by COVID-19. Read more...
Photo: Challenges of student workers are being exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, a report from the UCLA Labor Center and the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute finds. (Screen capture by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
UCLA named a new dean of undergraduate education. Adriana Galván will start as dean of undergraduate education July 1, said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter in a statement Thursday. Read more...
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This post was updated June 28 at 2:10 p.m. UCLA will create a Black Resource Center on campus, a UCLA spokesperson confirmed Thursday. The Black Resource Center will be in the center of campus, said UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez in an emailed statement. The Black Graduate Student Association and the Afrikan Student Union said in a joint statement Thursday that the creation of a Black Resource Center is a monumental step for the Black community at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will fund a Black Resource Center on campus, confirmed a UCLA spokesperson. (Daily Bruin file photo)
As students and their families face reduced income because of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, many are becoming more vulnerable to food insecurity. Tabitha Romero, a fourth-year political science student, was the first in her family to graduate from college, but her celebratory moment is mixed with anxieties for the future and the looming realities of food insecurity. Read more...
Photo: UCLA programs help students alleviate basic needs concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Students will be required to fill out a survey to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms daily before entering campus, according to UCLA guidelines for COVID-19 monitoring. Students will receive a daily email reminder to complete a one- to two-minute survey to monitor for symptoms before entering campus. Read more...
Photo: UCLA guidelines for COVID-19 monitoring require students and staff to fill out a daily survey for COVID-19 symptoms before entering campus. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
