Wednesday, April 8

UCLA Housing launches Epicuria at Covel, gives insight on dining operations

UCLA Housing launched a new residential restaurant in fall quarter and implemented new dining concepts to help meet the need for tens of thousands of meals served daily on the Hill. Read more...

Photo: Epicuria, a Mediterranean-inspired dining hall, has now replaced the Covel Commons Residential Restaurant. UCLA soon plans to open a satellite location of Epicuria at Ackerman Union, which will feature a similar menu and be available to all students, whether they reside on or off campus. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)


Bruins voice concerns over campus return plan, COVID-19 safety measures

Students returning from winter break expressed concern about the university’s winter quarter instruction plans. On Dec. 18, UCLA announced that instruction would be online for the first two weeks of winter quarter because of rising cases of COVID-19 from the spread of the omicron variant in Los Angeles County. Read more...

Photo: As students return to campus for online instruction, many are concerned that the spread of the omicron variant will postpone UCLA’s return to in-person learning. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin staff)


Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count resumes in Westwood, seeks volunteers

The 2022 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count will be conducted in person in Westwood by two local organizations on Jan. 26, following a one-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...

Photo: Two local organizations will execute the city’s annual homeless count in Westwood on Jan. 26 for the first time since 2019 after a cancellation last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA to operate remotely for initial weeks amid rising COVID-19 cases due to omicron variant

UCLA will return to remote instruction for the first two weeks of winter quarter amid a rise in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant in Los Angeles County, according to a campuswide announcement from UCLA administrators​​ Tuesday.  UCLA is the sixth University of California campus to announce that they will return to remote instruction for the first two weeks of winter quarter as of Tuesday.  Additionally, all students and staff in the UC system will be required to receive the COVID-19 booster shot, according to the message from President Michael V. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will be operating remotely from Jan. 3 to Jan. 18 amid a rise in COVID-19 cases due to the omicron variant. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)




Transfer students vocalize frustration with slow process of transferring credits

Many transfer students consistently face issues enrolling in upper division courses that require prerequisites. Transfer students at UCLA who have taken lower-division courses at other institutions of higher education have expressed frustration that these courses have not transferred over to MyUCLA, the enrollment system the university uses, said Herman Luis Chavez, the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative. Read more...

Photo: UCLA transfer students often face issues enrolling in upper division courses that require prerequisites fulfilled at other institutions of higher education. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)



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