This post was updated Feb. 28 at 8:31 p.m. A UCLA registry is facilitating blood plasma donations from recovered COVID-19 patients and helping guide COVID-19 research. Read more...
Photo: (Eunice Hong/Daily Bruin contributor)
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February 23, 3:47 pm
UCLA restaurants serve campus community with autonomous delivery robots
This post was updated March 1 at 3:26 p.m. A new service at UCLA uses autonomous robots to deliver food from campus restaurants to any location on campus. Read more...
Photo: Associated Students UCLA partnered with Starship Technologies to deliver food to students using autonomous robots. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)
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February 23, 12:08 pm
UCSA recap – Feb. 20
The University of California Student Association is composed of representatives from the UC campuses’ undergraduate and graduate student governments. The organization’s board of directors held its monthly meeting over Zoom on Feb. Read more...
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February 22, 7:36 pm
Extreme weather in Texas forces students to cope with freezing temperatures
Lily Sperling and her family evacuated their home in Austin, Texas after two nights without power and heat. In anticipation of the upcoming snowstorm and the possibility of a power outage, Sperling and her family charged two portable batteries. Read more...
Photo: Students in Texas experienced freezing temperatures, power outages and lack of access to water this past week because of Winter Storm Uri. (Courtesy of Divya Prasad)
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February 21, 1:05 pm
Medical professionals discuss inequities in health care at UCLA symposium
The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis but it is important to consider racial and ethnic disparities in the health care industry, UCLA professors said at a virtual event on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA hosted its 25th annual health care symposium, in which a range of medical professionals spoke on topics including racism, health disparities, mental health and incarceration in health care. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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February 20, 7:00 pm
USAC recap – Feb. 16
The Undergraduate Students Association Council discussed the reallocation of $200,000 in undergraduate funds to the COVID-19 Relief Fund. The USA Elections Board chair also presented a finalized version of the election calendar to the council. Read more...
A Closer Look, National, News
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February 19, 7:39 pm
Students express concern, need for action following anti-Asian violence
A string of attacks on Asian American elders has sparked a conversation among the UCLA Asian community about the rise of anti-Asian violence. A 19-year-old man violently shoved 84-year-old Thai man Vicha Ratanapakdee in San Francisco late January. Read more...