Monday, April 6

USAC calls for reversal of lowered unit caps for students with CAE accommodations

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is calling for the Undergraduate Council of the Academic Senate to permanently overturn its decision to reduce the number of priority enrollment units available to students accommodated under the Center for Accessible Education. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council is calling on the Academic Senate to increase disabled students’ priority enrollment caps from 15 units to 19, 20 or 21, depending on a student’s college or school. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA announces guidelines for campus gatherings amid concern for omicron variant

UCLA released new guidelines with restrictions for on-campus events and departmental social gatherings, according to a campuswide email Wednesday. The announcement came after scientists in South Africa detected the highly transmissible omicron COVID-19 virus variant, which the World Health Organization designated a variant of concern on Nov. Read more...

Photo: UCLA announced new COVID-19 safety guidelines for on-campus events after the omicron variant of the virus was detected in California on Wednesday. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Students, alumnus publish research on global risk factors for gastric cancer

Two UCLA students and an alumnus recently published a research paper surveying factors that lead to global disparities in gastric cancer. Gastric cancer, also known as stomach cancer, is most prevalent in South Korea and least common in France, although the two countries have comparable economies. Read more...

Photo: Rachel Wang, Megan Yu and Omid Nikjeh (pictured from left to right) published their research on the factors that contribute to gastric cancer globally in October. The three met through a global health course at UCLA in fall 2020. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Wang, Megan Yu and Omid Nikjeh. Photo illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations editor)



UCLA study reveals challenges for student workers amid return to campus

Student workers will face new challenges when returning to campus and work amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a student-led UCLA report found. Student researchers from the UCLA Labor Summer Research Program released a report Nov. Read more...

Photo: College students in Los Angeles County were interviewed for a report about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their working conditions. (Courtesy of Citlalli Chávez-Nava)



UCLA aims to add Braille signs to Boelter Hall, improve accessibility

UCLA is working on a measure to add Braille signs in Boelter Hall to improve accessibility for visually impaired students. The office of general representative Passa Pungchai in the Undergraduate Students Association Council undertook the project to improve Boelter Hall. Read more...

Photo: The office of general representative 2 in the Undergraduate Students Association Council is leading an effort to add Braille signs in Boelter Hall. (Daily Bruin file photo).