This post was updated June 19 at 3:35 p.m. Jerry Kang is stepping down as the vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion after a five-year term and will return to teaching as a professor of law and Asian American studies June 30. Read more...
Photo: Jerry Kang will step down as the EDI vice chancellor on June 30. Anna Spain Bradley will start her term on Sept. 1. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The majority of courses for the fall 2020 quarter will be taught virtually. Around 15% to 20% of the courses will be conducted in person or as an in-person and online hybrid, according to an email to students from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter. Read more...
Photo: UCLA announced plans for fall quarter. Most courses will be offered online with up to 20% of the courses being offered in person or in a hybrid fashion. Housing will be decided based on a number of factors such as financial need, and health precautions will be implemented on campus.(Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Carole Goldberg will serve as the interim vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion, announced Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter in an email Monday. Goldberg, a distinguished research professor and Jonathan D. Read more...
Photo: Carole Goldberg will be the interim vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion until Anna Spain Bradley starts her term in September. (Daily Bruin file photo)
On top of their already pressing challenges, transfer students now face the task of funding over $135,000 to sustain their own resource center. The Cultivating Unity for Bruins Referendum, which would have paid rent for the Transfer Student Center, failed in the 2020 spring Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Read more...
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As her father battles COVID-19, Gabrielle Pascua repeats a mantra to herself to cope. “Someone has to be strong,” said Pascua, a first-year human biology and society student. Read more...
Photo: Albino Luciano Buendia Pascua—father of UCLA student Gabrielle Pascua and the main provider for their family—tested positive for COVID-19 in April. Pascua is one of many UCLA students who have been personally affected by COVID-19. (Courtesy of Phoebe Agana Pascua)
For Diego Rivera, the thought of missing freshman year of college is devastating. “We’ve already missed out on (high school graduation), this really monumental time,” the incoming out-of-state first-year microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics student said. Read more...
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The University of California is working to accommodate international students despite uncertainties stemming from the pandemic. For the majority of incoming and current Bruins, COVID-19 means a shortened in-person school year. Read more...
Photo: Despite uncertainties for international students arising from the pandemic, the University of California is working to accommodate them. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin)
