Tuesday, April 28

UCLA to commission review of LAPD’s use of Jackie Robinson Stadium

UCLA is planning to commission an independent third-party review of the events that led to the LAPD using the UCLA-leased Jackie Robinson Stadium to detain protesters during the George Floyd protests in June, administrators announced Friday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA selected two co-chairs to lead reviews into campus safety policies and the 2020 Jackie Robinson Stadium incident. (Anika Chakrabarti/Daily Bruin staff)


UCLA Housing mandating additional COVID-19 testing following recent spike

UCLA Housing is requiring students to get additional testing for COVID-19 after UCLA experienced a spike in COVID-19 cases. UCLA Housing sent an email Thursday to students living on the Hill asking them to take an additional COVID-19 test after the UCLA undergraduate community experienced an increase in positive COVID-19 cases. Read more...

Photo: UCLA sent an urgent notice to Hill residents to receive additional COVID-19 testing after the undergraduate community saw a spike in cases this past week. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA researchers develop artificial intelligence to analyze cells without killing them

UCLA researchers developed an artificial intelligence model that allows them to analyze the appearance of a cell and determine its protein content without killing the cell. Read more...

Photo: UCLA researchers developed a model using artificial intelligence to analyze a cell and identify its protein content without harming the cell itself (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff).




Students discuss UC handling of personal information security after cyberattack

Some UCLA students and prospective University of California students expressed uncertainty in the UC’s ability to protect their personal information following a nationwide cybersecurity attack. Hackers stole information from around 100 organizations including universities, government institutions and private companies, along with the UC by exploiting a vulnerability in file transfer company Accellion’s product called the Accellion File Transfer Appliance, UC officials announced in a press release Friday. Read more...

Photo: On March 31, the University of Calfornia announced they were part of a nationwide cybersecurity attack, where hackers may have stolen Social Security numbers, bank account information and other personal information. UCLA students and prospective UC students said they are uncertain in the UC’s ability to protect their information after the attack. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)


Metro construction to cause lane closures on Wilshire Boulevard

This post was updated April 11 at 9:57 p.m. There may be some lane closures on Wilshire Boulevard this summer because of the Purple Line Extension construction, according to LA Metro. Read more...

Photo: Temporary lane reductions on Wilshire Boulevard on the weekends started Friday and more lane closures will start in June. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)