Tuesday, March 31

UCLA alumni call for awareness, aid for Tigrayans in Ethiopia

This post was updated August 19 at 10:34 p.m. Feven Girmay has not heard from her grandmother in over 10 months. Girmay, a political science alumnus of UCLA, has family living in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia. Read more...

Photo: Tigray (pictured) on a map. UCLA alumni are calling for aid and relief in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)




Westwood Village Rewards program ends, points to individual business programs

This post was last updated on 8/14/2022 at 8:18 p.m. The Westwood Village Improvement Association ended its Westwood Village Rewards program on July 30. The WVIA announced in an emailed newsletter in July that it would be discontinuing the program, which offered discounts for purchases at Westwood Village businesses. Read more...

Photo: The Westwood Village Improvement Association ended its Westwood Village Rewards Program on July 30. The WVIA developed the program to offer discounts for purchases in the Village to promote local businesses. (August Suchecki/Daily Bruin)


UCLA to remove indoor masking, symptom monitoring requirements starting Aug. 15

This post was updated Aug. 14 at 8:08 p.m. UCLA announced in a campuswide email Friday that indoor masking and symptom monitoring requirements will be removed, effective Monday.  UCLA is updating its protocols to align with changes made to protocols for Los Angeles County and California, according to the email.  Indoor masking is now strongly recommended and outdoor masking continues to be optional, according to the announcement.  Students, staff and faculty at UCLA will also no longer be required to fill out the daily symptom monitoring survey, according to the announcement. Read more...

Photo: A mask lies on a ledge. UCLA will remove indoor masking and symptom monitoring requirements beginning Aug. 15. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)


UCLA committee finalizes plan to address honorifically named campus spaces

This post was updated 8/14/2022 at 8:16 p.m. UCLA announced its final plan for the honorary naming, renaming and unnaming process of campus spaces in June. Read more...

Photo: Royce Hall, pictured, is one of the central buildings on UCLA’s campus. In its final report, the Campus Honorary Naming Advisory Committee outlines the protocol for naming, renaming and unnaming campus spaces to better represent UCLA’s diversity and values. (Daily Bruin file photo)