The state of California and UCLA are both planning to provide undocumented individuals with access to funding after they were left out of the coronavirus stimulus package. Read more...
Photo: California Governor Gavin Newsom plans to provide undocumented California residents with stimulus payments of $500 after they were left out of the coronavirus stimulus package. UCLA also plans to provide undocumented students with $200 from private and institutional grants. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Amid stay-at-home orders and a pandemic, student use of UCLA Counseling and Psychological Services has more than halved. The number of students using CAPS services for the first time in at least six months has dropped 65% to 70% between finals week of winter quarter and the start of week four, said Nicole Green, executive director of CAPS. Read more...
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UCLA will give at least $200 to students eligible for the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act from federal funding. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Monroe Gorden announced the availability of financial relief Thursday in an email to students. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will provide universal awards and need-based financial aid for eligible students using funds from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
People say there are two types of journalists: journalists who beg for information and journalists who bulldoze their way for information. UCLA alumnus and former Daily Bruin editor Robert Faturechi falls into the latter, said recent Pulitzer Prize winner T. Read more...
Photo: Robert Faturechi, a ProPublica reporter and Daily Bruin alumnus, recently won a Pulitzer Prize for an investigation he and two other journalists conducted into U.S. Navy leadership in the aftermath of several fatal accidents. (Courtesy of ProPublica)
After seven years in UCLA administration, Patricia Turner will be stepping down from her role as senior dean of the College of Letters and Science after the 2019-2020 school year. Read more...
Photo: Patricia Turner, senior dean of the College of Letters and Science, is stepping down at the end of the school year. (Courtesy of UCLA College Communications)
As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to affect medical workers, a popular nursing adage propels them forward, said fourth-year nursing student Julia Wenzel. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Read more...
Photo: Nurses at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center talked about their experiences during the pandemic, (Daily Bruin file photo)
Two UCLA-based student organizations are working together to 3D print personal protective equipment, or PPE, for local hospitals across California, New York and Rhode Island. The novel coronavirus pandemic has caused shortages of PPE for health care professionals across the nation, leaving medical workers without the necessary protection or having to reuse PPE. Read more...
Photo: Two UCLA student organizations are working to design and 3D print personal protective equipment in light of shortages arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy of Kyle Ho)
