Friday, April 10

UCLA Labor Center releases report detailing challenges facing student workers

The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the difficulties students with jobs face, a UCLA report found. The UCLA Labor Center and the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute released a report and supplemental brief June 23, which looked at the challenges faced by working students at public colleges and universities in Los Angeles County and how these students have been affected by COVID-19. Read more...

Photo: Challenges of student workers are being exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, a report from the UCLA Labor Center and the Dolores Huerta Labor Institute finds. (Screen capture by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)



UCLA to create new Black Resource Center in major step for Black student community

This post was updated June 28 at 2:10 p.m. UCLA will create a Black Resource Center on campus, a UCLA spokesperson confirmed Thursday.  The Black Resource Center will be in the center of campus, said UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez in an emailed statement.  The Black Graduate Student Association and the Afrikan Student Union said in a joint statement Thursday that the creation of a Black Resource Center is a monumental step for the Black community at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will fund a Black Resource Center on campus, confirmed a UCLA spokesperson. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA programs aim to help students facing food insecurity during pandemic

As students and their families face reduced income because of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, many are becoming more vulnerable to food insecurity. Tabitha Romero, a fourth-year political science student, was the first in her family to graduate from college, but her celebratory moment is mixed with anxieties for the future and the looming realities of food insecurity. Read more...

Photo: UCLA programs help students alleviate basic needs concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA implements COVID-19 symptom monitoring survey for students and staff

Students will be required to fill out a survey to monitor for COVID-19 symptoms daily before entering campus, according to UCLA guidelines for COVID-19 monitoring. Students will receive a daily email reminder to complete a one- to two-minute survey to monitor for symptoms before entering campus. Read more...

Photo: UCLA guidelines for COVID-19 monitoring require students and staff to fill out a daily survey for COVID-19 symptoms before entering campus. (Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Jerry Kang to step down as EDI vice chancellor after five years

This post was updated June 19 at 3:35 p.m. Jerry Kang is stepping down as the vice chancellor for equity, diversity and inclusion after a five-year term and will return to teaching as a professor of law and Asian American studies June 30. Read more...

Photo: Jerry Kang will step down as the EDI vice chancellor on June 30. Anna Spain Bradley will start her term on Sept. 1. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA announces fall quarter plans for classes, housing, health precautions

The majority of courses for the fall 2020 quarter will be taught virtually. Around 15% to 20% of the courses will be conducted in person or as an in-person and online hybrid, according to an email to students from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter. Read more...

Photo: UCLA announced plans for fall quarter. Most courses will be offered online with up to 20% of the courses being offered in person or in a hybrid fashion. Housing will be decided based on a number of factors such as financial need, and health precautions will be implemented on campus.(Tanmay Shankar/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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