Thursday, April 9

UCLA nurses hold vigil to protest working conditions, highlight safety concerns

Dozens of UCLA Health nurses gathered outside a UCLA hospital Monday evening at a vigil to protest their working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nurses held signs and candles outside the main entrance of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...

Photo: Dozens of nurses gathered outside a UCLA hospital to protest their working conditions and urge the public to be safe over the Thanksgiving holiday. (Finn LeeAnne Chitwood/Daily Bruin)


Free speech group wins lawsuit against UCLA for violation of public records law

A state court judgment in late October stated that UCLA violated a public records law by repeatedly delaying records requests. UCLA agreed to a court judgment stating the university violated the California Public Records Act, in response to a lawsuit filed by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a free speech advocacy group. Read more...

Photo: UCLA violated a public records law when it repeatedly delayed record requests from a free speech organization, a state court ruled. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UCLA to pilot new campuswide COVID-19 contact tracing program

UCLA will pilot a voluntary program that will notify users if they come into contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Six other University of California campuses are also partnering with the California Department of Public Health to pilot the California COVID Notify program. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will join six other UC campuses to pilot a COVID-19 exposure notification app developed by the state of California. (Katherine Ngo/Daily Bruin)


Providing hubs for students experiencing housing-insecurity only short-term fix

This post was updated Nov. 15 at 8:16 p.m. UCLA rejected student leaders’ proposal to create safe parking spaces for housing-insecure students, citing concerns over cleanliness and pandemic safety. Read more...

Photo: UCLA rejected the undergraduate student government’s Safe Parking proposal and instead proposed new basic needs hubs that could open in fall 2021.(Daily Bruin file photo)



Students express relief in wake of Joe Biden’s victory in presidential election

This post was updated Nov. 8 at 8:08 p.m. For some UCLA students, the news of a Joe Biden presidency is a sigh of relief. Former Vice President Biden won the 2020 presidential election and is now the president-elect, according to the Associated Press. Read more...

Photo: Former Vice President Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, the Associated Press reported Saturday morning. Several UCLA students celebrated the news. (Left to right: Kristie-Valerie Hoang/Daily Bruin senior staff, Daily Bruin file photo)



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