The COVID-19 pandemic and UCLA’s subsequent shift to remote learning has affected how some international students have approached their education. In light of International Education Week 2020, here are four stories that highlight some of the challenges international students have had to deal with during fall quarter. Read more...
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This post was updated Nov. 13 at 11:16 p.m. to address a transcription error in Bakur Madini’s quote. The COVID-19 pandemic and UCLA’s subsequent shift to remote learning has affected how some international students have approached their education. Read more...
Photo: With different accommodation policies across departments, international students are losing out on adequate exam and class environments and proper test preparation. (Illustration by Nitya Tak/ Daily Bruin)
UCLA researchers are predicting the COVID-19 pandemic may cause societies to become more socially conservative but may not greatly hinder human progress, among other predictions. Those are some of the ways evolutionary psychologists are predicting the COVID-19 pandemic will impact society. Read more...
UCLA researchers found that humor in apes and humor in human infants are related to each other. An August UCLA study analyzed playful teasing behaviors in human infants and apes and found that both groups exhibit similar behaviors to develop social bonds. Read more...
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This post was updated Nov. 18 at 1:17 p.m. with an additional statement from a UCLA spokesperson. A group of at least 20 students has tested positive for COVID-19 after a Halloween gathering, a UCLA spokesperson said. Read more...
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The center of the Milky Way formed quicker than previously thought, a UCLA researcher found. Astronomers previously thought the center of the Milky Way galaxy was formed in several bursts over the course of several billion years, said Michael Rich, an adjunct astronomy professor at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Researchers previously thought the Milky Way bulge was formed over several star bursts and over a long period of time. However, a team of researchers found that the structure formed in a single star burst. (Illustration by Shruti Iyer/Daily Bruin staff)
A UCLA research project that started out as a spreadsheet will receive more than $400,000 to continue collecting COVID-19 data on the United States incarcerated population. Read more...
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