The COVID-19 pandemic may impact both the 2020 election and permanently change the way elections are held in the United States, UCLA faculty and students said. Read more...
Photo: (Photo illustration by Daanish Bhatti/Assistant Photo editor and Emily Dembinski/Illustrations Director)
UCLA received an emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration last week to conduct a fast and cheap COVID-19 test. The new test, called SwabSeq, can return results in 12 to 24 hours, said Sri Kosuri, an associate chemistry and biochemistry professor who helped develop the technology. Read more...
Photo: SwabSeq is a new COVID-19 test developed by UCLA researchers. The test is cheaper, produces results faster and removes many logistical challenges for mass testing. (Courtesy of Octant)
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement rescinded their policy barring international students who only take online classes from entering the U.S., Oscar Basuyaux celebrated. But 10 days later, when he learned that the recision did not apply to incoming international students like himself, he was crushed. Read more...
Photo: A July 24 Immigration and Customs Enforcement order prevents incoming international students, like Oscar Basuyaux, taking a full online course load from entering the U.S this fall. (Photo by Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin, Photo illusutration by Emily Dembinski/ Illustrations director)
The 2020 Census’ accelerated timeline may harm low-income individuals and people of color, UCLA faculty said. The census is a nationwide survey that counts the total number of persons in the U.S. Read more...
Photo: The 2020 Census date may undercount people of color and low-income communities, UCLA professors said. (Nico Hy/Daily Bruin)
The UCLA student government passed a resolution against an anti-terrorism law in the Philippines. A resolution from the Undergraduate Students Association Council represents the official opinion or stance of the council and in turn the overall view of undergraduate students at UCLA. Read more...
A former UCLA men’s soccer coach pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit racketeering, according to a press release from the U.S. attorney’s office on Monday. Jorge Salcedo became the sixth former collegiate coach to plead guilty in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, in which parents paid bribes to have their children admitted to elite U.S. Read more...
Photo: Former UCLA soccer coach Jorge Salcedo pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from parents to admit two students as soccer recruits, according to a press release Monday. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Hundreds of protesters chanted in Westwood on Sunday in solidarity with protesters in Portland, Oregon. The Black Lives Matter Los Angeles Chapter organized the protest, held at the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard, to show their opposition to federal police stationed in Portland. Read more...
Photo: In a protest organized by the Black Lives Matter Los Angeles Chapter, hundreds of protesters gathered in Westwood to show their solidarity with protesters in Portland, Oregon, and their opposition to federal police presence. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
