UCLA is testing wastewater from residential dorms for COVID-19 to improve contact tracing on the Hill. The UCLA Office of Environment, Health & Safety began testing wastewater from De Neve Plaza and Hedrick Summit in January, according to an email from UCLA Housing sent to students living in university housing. Read more...
Photo: UCLA began a wastewater testing program for COVID-19 in some university dorms in January. (Daily Bruin file photo)
If there was a patron saint of UCLA, it would have been Maria Wilcox, Julie Mendoza said. “I swear to God, it would be Maria,” said Mendoza, a former director of research and evaluation for University of California College Prep Online who saw Maria as a sister. Read more...
Photo: Maria Wilcox – a former associate director of the Early Academic Outreach Program at UCLA, student affairs officer at UCLA Admission and law graduate student – died Jan. 4 at the age of 57. She is remembered as a loving person who was dedicated to helping underrepresented communities pursue higher education. (Courtesy of Richard Salazar)
The COVID-19 vaccines offer hope for an end to the pandemic, UCLA students and faculty said. With vaccine distribution underway and numerous members of the community continuing to be vaccinated, students and faculty share their hopes for a better future. Read more...
Photo: The COVID-19 vaccines bring hope to the UCLA community. (Alice Zhang/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution denouncing the military coup in Myanmar. An UCLA administrator pledged to provide financial, academic and mental health resources to impacted students. Read more...
UCLA researchers may have developed a long-term treatment for severe food allergies. The therapy uses nanoparticles to transport particles that cause allergic reactions to the liver, which then prevents the immune system from entering an allergic reaction, according to the team’s research report, which was published in ACS Nano in December. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
An undergraduate student government fund launched a pilot program in mid-January that will fund students focusing on sustainability on campus. The pilot student support fund will give up to $300 in either UCLA Store gift cards or honorarium payments to individual students who are working in unpaid sustainability work at UCLA, said Sachi Cooper, the Undergraduate Students Association Council facilities commissioner and the committee chair for The Green Initiative Fund. Read more...
Photo: (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
These Bruins have blossomed into plant parents during quarantine. UCLA students discuss the plants in their lives, how they first got started with planting, tips for future plant owners and the importance of plants on their mental health. Read more...
