This post was updated Jan. 31 at 8:44 p.m. An emergency medical services commission passed a motion Wednesday to recommend keeping a UCLA Health-owned medical center in Los Angeles open to continue providing health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
Photo: LA County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency is urging that Olympia Medical Center, a hospital UCLA Health recently purchased, stay open until Sept. 31. (Javier Jauregui/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 8:30 pm. Summer session classes at UCLA will be mostly remote because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a university administrator announced Friday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA extended remote instruction through summer sessions, with the exception of some classes that train students for essential workforce positions. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was last updated Jan. 31 at 8:42 pm. UCLA received a record number of applications for fall 2021 admission, including an increase in applications from historically underrepresented communities. Read more...
Photo: Record numbers of students from underrepresented communities applied to UCLA for fall 2021. The school received the highest number of applications in its history. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 8:35 p.m. Los Angeles County allowed restaurants to reopen outdoor dining Friday, according to a revised health order issued Friday. Read more...
Photo: Restaurants across Los Angeles County are reopening outdoor dining after Friday’s revised health order withdrew the ban on outdoor dining after two months. (Michael Vigman/Daily Bruin)
The United States economy is projected to begin recovering in the spring, though female- and minority-led industries may recover slower, UCLA economists said. A National Women’s Law Center January analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ monthly job report showed that in December, women lost 156,000 jobs, comprising 100% of U.S. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA Anderson Forecast predicts the U.S. economy will start to recover in spring. However, economists add that sectors that contain more minorities and more women, might not be able to recover as fast. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A University of California-specific standardized test may not be a viable option, UC professors and administrators told the UC Board of Regents at a meeting Thursday. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents discussed the possibility of modifying an existing test for admissions and whether creating a new test would be viable by 2025. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Jan. 31 at 8:39 p.m. UCLA is planning to give students COVID-19 vaccinations at no cost, though the university does not have a timeline for when students may receive a vaccination, administrators said at a virtual town hall Monday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA is planning to give students COVID-19 vaccinations for free, administrators said at a town hall Monday. Students who graduate in June can receive the vaccine for free until the start of the fall 2021 quarter. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin contributor)
