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Student anxiety continues regarding enforcement of health and safety guidelines

This post was updated Oct. 27 at 11:35 p.m. Students raised concerns about the lack of enforcement of COVID-19 protocols on campus and on the Hill after traces of COVID-19 were found in the wastewater of numerous residential halls. Read more...

Photo: Students living on the Hill expressed concern about UCLA not enforcing COVID-19 health and safety protocols. (Esther Li/Daily Bruin staff)



USAC adds transfer student representative position to ASUCLA Communications Board

This post was updated Oct. 24 at 11:26 p.m. Editor’s note: This article mentions the Associated Students UCLA Communications Board, which oversees student media outlets at UCLA, including the Daily Bruin. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall houses the Undergraduate Students Association Council and Associated Students UCLA Student Media. USAC approved a bylaw change that adds a one-year term reserved for a transfer student to the ASUCLA Communications Board. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)


Celebration marks end of scholarship program honoring UCLA alumnus, paramedic

This post was updated Oct. 21 at 3:50 p.m. More than a decade ago, Emiko Miyara and her family walked into the office of the UCLA Paramedic Education Program looking to start a scholarship in memory of Miyara’s late son. Read more...

Photo: Family and friends of UCLA alumnus Mitch Sekine, as well as past and present members of the UCLA Paramedic Education Program community, pose in front of a newly purchased ambulance simulator at the celebration Saturday. The event marked the conclusion of the Mitch Sekine Memorial Scholarship Fund, which first began in 2010 to support students in the program. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)


Transfer students vocalize support for recently passed California bills

University of California students voiced support for two recently passed California bills that will reform the transfer process from community colleges to public universities. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 928 and AB 111 on Oct. Read more...

Photo: One of the bills Gov. Gavin Newsom recently passed intends to change the transfer process by creating one set of general education requirements for California State University and University of California campuses. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)


DataX initiative focuses on improving data science literacy among students

UCLA launched an initiative in September to improve data science literacy among students and promote data-based research across campus. DataX, the new data science initiative, will hire faculty, design cluster courses and aid with graduate student research over the next three years to help students learn more about conducting research with data analysis. Read more...

Photo: Faculty members Jacob Foster and Mark Green will co-lead the new university data science initiative, DataX. (Courtesy of Kathryn Kert Green and Erica Cartmill)


AISES at UCLA earns national award for efforts to expand Indigenous presence in STEM

The UCLA chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society won the Professional Chapter of the Year award at the 2021 AISES National Conference on Sept. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s chapter of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society received national recognition for its work to promote professional development for Indigenous students in STEM disciplines. (Anna Syed/Daily Bruin senior staff)