A newly appointed undergraduate student representative hopes to help students transition back to campus life in the fall. The Undergraduate Students Association Council unanimously appointed Laura Laubach, a third-year political science transfer student, as the new general representative 1 at the Tuesday council meeting. Read more...
Photo: The new general representative 1’s platform includes programs to reintroduce Bruins to campus. (Courtesy of Laura Laubach)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 8:30 pm. Summer session classes at UCLA will be mostly remote because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a university administrator announced Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA extended remote instruction through summer sessions, with the exception of some classes that train students for essential workforce positions. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was last updated Jan. 31 at 8:42 pm. UCLA received a record number of applications for fall 2021 admission, including an increase in applications from historically underrepresented communities. Read more...
Photo: Record numbers of students from underrepresented communities applied to UCLA for fall 2021. The school received the highest number of applications in its history. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 8:39 p.m. UCLA is planning to give students COVID-19 vaccinations at no cost, though the university does not have a timeline for when students may receive a vaccination, administrators said at a virtual town hall Monday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA is planning to give students COVID-19 vaccinations for free, administrators said at a town hall Monday. Students who graduate in June can receive the vaccine for free until the start of the fall 2021 quarter. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin contributor)
A new special rule of order in the undergraduate student government bylaws will give student organizations more power in the undergraduate student government, student leaders said. Read more...
Photo: Student leaders said they can more effectively advocate for their organizations after the Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a special rule of order. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)
A new UCLA student group is hoping to challenge students’ preconceived notions. Aware at UCLA, founded by three students in fall quarter, encourages advocacy through open discussion of social issues and community engagement. Read more...
Photo: A new UCLA student organization aims to promote student advocacy primarily through bias-free discussion. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin)
UCLA is reviewing a proposed program that would send mental health providers to student-related mental health calls instead of university police. The program would create a mobile mental health crisis response unit led by responders from campus departments – including UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services – to respond to student-related mental health calls to UCPD, said UCLA spokesperson Katherine Alvarado in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: A proposed program at UCLA would create a team of mental health responders to respond to student-related mental health calls in place of the university police. (Daily Bruin file photo)
