Sunday, April 19

UCLA among 5 UC campuses to offer in-house COVID-19 testing

Five University of California medical centers will use their own tests for the coronavirus, according to the Sacramento Bee. The five medical centers in the UC are either currently using or obtaining approvals for the tests. Read more...

Photo: Medical centers at UCLA, UC San Francisco, UC San Diego, UC Irvine and UC Davis will use in-house tests for the coronavirus. The University of California system is one of the first health systems in the country to offer such testing. (Daily Bruin file photo)


WVIA to consider whether it should change how it approves business signage

A local business district committee is looking to amend a costly and slow storefront signage process. The Westwood Village Improvement Association planning and mobility committee met with Los Angeles City planning assistant Julia Duncan on March 4 to relay complaints from prospective businesses about storefront signage. Read more...

Photo: New businesses in Westwood Village must go through an extensive approval process for their storefront signs. In the meantime, many businesses opt to put up banners. Some stakeholders have called the process unnecessarily cumbersome. (Martín Bilbao/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Temporary changes made to USAC election process after UCLA moves classes online

Student government election managers changed election rules in light of class suspensions due to the novel coronavirus. Navi Sidhu, Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board chair, brought up the need for changes to the election requirements at an Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting Tuesday because of UCLA’s decision to move classes and finals online until April 10. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Elections Board made changes to candidate requirements at a Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting Tuesday. The changes come after an emergency clause that was added to the code the same night. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)


UCLA students reassess finals week, spring break plans in light of COVID-19

This post was updated March 11 at 9:50 p.m. Anne Deffebach hoped to spend this spring break – her last at UCLA – with six of her best friends in Thailand. Read more...

Photo: Students have been prompted to cancel and reschedule spring break plans because of COVID-19 and UCLA’s suspension of in-person classes until April 10. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA Athletics restricts all home games to ‘essential personnel’

UCLA home games will be restricted to “essential personnel” until April 10 at the earliest, UCLA Athletics said in a statement Tuesday. The announcement follows UCLA’s decision to move classes online until April 10 in an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Athletics announced its home matches will be limited to essential personnel in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. (Niveda Tennety/Assistant Photo editor)



UCLA offers summer fellowships to graduate students in face of strikes

UCLA will offer summer fellowships to graduate students using funds from its Centennial Campaign, according to a university email to students Tuesday. The fellowships will provide students with $2,500 a month for up to three months to continue their studies, research and other creative work over the summer, said Emily Carter, executive vice chancellor and provost, in the emailed statement.  Read more...

Photo: UCLA graduate students voted Thursday to go on strike this week, if they received approval from graduate students in at least 10 departments. UCLA announced Tuesday that they will provide summer fellowships for graduate students to allow them continue their studies and research over the summer. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)