From Jackie Robinson to Cindy Montañez, many Bruins have historically been on the frontlines in taking initiative for social justice issues. Some Bruins are following in their footsteps, using their voices to make change. Read more...
Photo: Third-year students Abby Irby, Rowan O’Bryan and Molly Vendig are behind the initiative to make American Sign Language a minor at UCLA. (Left to right: Courtesy of Abby Irby, Rowan O’Bryan, Molly Vendig)
This post was updated March 17 at 4:32 p.m. Hundreds of women who were allegedly sexually assaulted by a former UCLA gynecologist are opting out of a $73 million class-action settlement that was preliminarily approved by a judge in January. Read more...
Photo: Hundreds are opting out of the $73 million settlement to pursue individual litigation against UCLA and former UCLA OB-GYN James Heaps.(Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 13 at 2:42 p.m. Students are working to keep a tutoring club for UCLA workers alive after it was defunded in June. Read more...
Photo: Student leaders at Project Students for Progress in Employee Language Learning are keeping the program alive following UCLA’s defunding of the organization last summer. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 10 at 5:33 p.m. to reflect a clarification of Emily Luong’s statement. A student panel will decide if student government officials violated financial guidelines by denying in-person travel expenses to Bruin Republicans. Read more...
After nearly a year of COVID-19 pandemic-related closures, UCLA is beginning to reopen. Some campus facilities, including some libraries, recreation facilities and art studio spaces, have already reopened, while others will reopen by next week, administrators announced in a campuswide email Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will reopen some campus facilities, including libraries, starting this week. Most campus facilities have been closed for almost a year. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
UCLA is encouraging students, faculty and staff to limit travel and outings during the upcoming spring break to minimize the spread of COVID-19. People should limit travel unless it is essential, Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck and former Academic Senate Chair Michael Meranze said in a campuswide email Monday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA administrators are discouraging all students, faculty and staff from traveling during spring break to limit the spread of COVID-19. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was updated March 7 at 9:29 p.m. When a student last quarter told Debra Pires they struggled to pay attention in her biology class, Pires immediately started searching for ways to leverage Zoom’s interactive features to increase student engagement during lecture. Read more...
Photo: UCLA instructors have found creative ways to engage their students – some of whom have experienced a decline in motivation amid the pandemic – during Zoom lectures. (Kari Lau/Daily Bruin senior staff)
