Monday, June 30

Public affairs course teaches students about how to create safe learning spaces

With a global pandemic threatening school safety, Public Affairs 125: “Creating Safe and Welcoming Schools” opens a virtual classroom for both experts and students to these potential issues. Read more...

Photo: Public Affairs 125 invites experts to be guest speakers in the classroom and prompts students to think about and discuss improving safety and learning in educational environments. In an age of threats such as COVID-19 and school shootings, Professor Ron Astor developed the class to help students address the subject. (Elana Luo/Daily Bruin)



UCLA students of Indian diaspora worry for family in India amid COVID-19 outbreak

Kaashvi Mahajan felt disheartened on a recent call with her grandparents. She had been hearing about the COVID-19 situation in India – where cases have dramatically increased – but was in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, over 1,400 miles away from her relatives in New Delhi, India. Read more...

Photo: First-year Kaashvi Mahajan worries about her family in New Delhi during India’s COVID-19 crisis. Currently in Abu Dhabi, she finds it difficult to comfort and support relatives from afar. (Sakshi Joglekar/Daily Bruin staff)



Class of 2021 expresses excitement at two-guest policy for graduation recognition

When UCLA announced Friday that students would be permitted two guests at in-person graduation recognition events, Amanda Gracian immediately contacted her father. Hearing the news, Gracian’s father cried tears of joy. Read more...

Photo: Fourth-year student Christian Ali says an in-person ceremony will feel like a real recognition of the work it took from him and his family for him to walk across the stage. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)





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