This post was updated March 16 at 11:08 p.m. Classes will be moved online for all of spring quarter, one of several changes made to campus operations as the threat of coronavirus looms. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s campus will remain open for international students and research. Students who live on-campus can cancel their housing contracts early and receive refunds. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Chancellor Gene Block will self-quarantine for 14 days after coming in contact with someone with COVID-19, Block announced in a tweet Friday. The chancellor said he has no symptoms and will continue to run UCLA. Read more...
Photo: An asymptomatic Chancellor Gene Block will self-quarantine for 14 days after coming in contact with someone with COVID-19. (Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA Legislative Assembly temporarily suspended certain final exam restrictions Wednesday, including time, place and method, a part of the university’s response to the novel coronavirus. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Academic Senate is temporarily suspending final exam restrictions for instructors. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA has postponed a highly anticipated lecture with famed primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall, according to a university press release. The Luskin Lecture for Thought Leadership, where Goodall was slated to speak, has postponed the event from April 1 to an unspecified date in light of a new campus policy mandating that all in-person gatherings of more than 100 people on campus must be suspended or postponed. Read more...
Photo: The lecture of celebrated primatologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall, planned to take place at Royce Hall on April 1, has been postponed to a later, unspecified date. The change follows UCLA’s recent campus policy mandating that in-person campus gatherings of more than 100 people must be suspended or postponed. (Creative Commons photo by tim ives via Flickr)
UCLA announced Thursday that it is canceling all UCLA summer travel study, global internships and summer global cities programs due to the coronavirus. The UCLA International Education Office said in an email to students that challenges stemming from the recent coronavirus outbreak have impacted its ability to provide a safe and quality learning environment for students. Read more...
Photo: UCLA has canceled all summer travel study, global internships and global cities programs due to the coronavirus. However, summer programs with the UC Education Abroad Program have not yet been canceled. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)
Five University of California medical centers will use their own tests for the coronavirus, according to the Sacramento Bee. The five medical centers in the UC are either currently using or obtaining approvals for the tests. Read more...
Photo: Medical centers at UCLA, UC San Francisco, UC San Diego, UC Irvine and UC Davis will use in-house tests for the coronavirus. The University of California system is one of the first health systems in the country to offer such testing. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 11 at 9:50 p.m. Anne Deffebach hoped to spend this spring break – her last at UCLA – with six of her best friends in Thailand. Read more...
Photo: Students have been prompted to cancel and reschedule spring break plans because of COVID-19 and UCLA’s suspension of in-person classes until April 10. (Daily Bruin file photo)
