After nearly a year of COVID-19 pandemic-related closures, UCLA is beginning to reopen. Some campus facilities, including some libraries, recreation facilities and art studio spaces, have already reopened, while others will reopen by next week, administrators announced in a campuswide email Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will reopen some campus facilities, including libraries, starting this week. Most campus facilities have been closed for almost a year. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
UCLA is encouraging students, faculty and staff to limit travel and outings during the upcoming spring break to minimize the spread of COVID-19. People should limit travel unless it is essential, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck and former Academic Senate Chair Michael Meranze said in a campuswide email Monday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA administrators are discouraging all students, faculty and staff from traveling during spring break to limit the spread of COVID-19. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council is the official neighborhood council representing Westwood Village and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council. Council meetings are open to the public and are currently being held virtually via Zoom. Read more...
With UCLA planning for a return to in-person instruction beginning in the fall, there are questions surrounding the validity of foreign vaccines that international students may receive prior to returning to campus. Read more...
Photo: Foreign vaccines yet to be approved by the FDA are coming into question as international students prepare to return to in-person instruction in the fall. (Jefferson Alade/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved changes to its constitution, a resolution calling on the University of California to divest from war industries and various surplus allocations. Read more...
Shadman Habibi walked into a meeting with the obstetrics and gynecology department at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center expecting a long-awaited meeting on ways to improve the midwifery program’s performance. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health fired midwives working at the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and reinstated them a week later. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 7 at 9:29 p.m. When a student last quarter told Debra Pires they struggled to pay attention in her biology class, Pires immediately started searching for ways to leverage Zoom’s interactive features to increase student engagement during lecture. Read more...
Photo: UCLA instructors have found creative ways to engage their students – some of whom have experienced a decline in motivation amid the pandemic – during Zoom lectures. (Kari Lau/Daily Bruin senior staff)
