Tuesday, April 21

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)


UCLA holds information session to address concerns regarding COVID-19

UCLA does not plan to move all classes online yet in response to COVID-19, campus representatives said at an information session Monday. The event, which was livestreamed and viewed by nearly 2,000 people, took place in De Neve Auditorium. Read more...

Photo: Brian MacDonald, Director of residential education at UCLA Residential Life, speaks at an information session on COVID-19 on Monday. The event was also livestreamed, as students were encouraged to not attend in person. (Naveed Pour/Daily Bruin)


NWWNC approves grants to provide library aide, compost program, Access Day

The local neighborhood council approved three grants for neighborhood projects during a board meeting Wednesday. The North Westwood Neighborhood Council, an organization that represents Westwood Village and UCLA to the Los Angeles City Council, granted neighborhood purpose grants for a computer aide at the Westwood Library, a compost program at the Farmers’ Market and a homelessness outreach event. Read more...

Photo: The North Westwood Neighborhood Council approved three grants during its Wednesday meeting to fund a computer aide at the Westwood Library, a compost program at the Westwood Farmers’ Market and a homelessness outreach event by the local business improvement district. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA students overcome obstacles to complete LA Marathon

This post was updated March 9 at 6:01 p.m. Around mile 20 of the Los Angeles Marathon, just as he passed through Westwood, Jason Lin felt his leg tense up from his IT band syndrome, a condition that causes swelling and pain around the knee. Read more...

Photo: Thousands of people begin the annual Los Angeles Marathon in the early hours of Sunday morning. Marathons are 26.2 miles long and usually take between two and six hours to complete. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC makes open-access deal with PLOS to reform academic journal publishing

This post was updated March 9 at 3:57 p.m. The University of California made a two-year open-access agreement Feb. 19 with the Public Library of Science, which researchers say is part of an upending of the traditional academic publishing model. Read more...

Photo: The University of California announced a two-year open-access agreement Feb. 19 with the Public Library of Science, under the deal, the UC Library will cover the first $1,000 of the article processing charges required for researchers to publish in PLOS journals. (Daily Bruin file photo)