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Los Angeles, News

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October 13, 12:51 pm

Report led by UCLA, USC researchers recommends policies for a racially equitable LA

A team of UCLA and USC researchers found that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on marginalized communities in Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles needs to make changes in specific areas including housing, mental and physical health and immigration to address the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 has on marginalized communities, according to a report published by a team of researchers from UCLA, USC and the Committee for Greater LA on Sept. Read more...

Photo: A recent report by UCLA and USC researchers found that the pandemic has disproportionally affected marginalized racial groups and calls for reform. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)

Los Angeles, News

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October 12, 10:12 pm

Culver City police union criticizes 2 UCLA professors’ salaries

The Culver City police union criticized two UCLA professors for their advocacy in favor of defunding the police in an online post Sept. 30. The Culver City Police Officers Association, the union that represents Culver City Police Department officers, criticized law professor Noah Zatz and history professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez in a Sept. Read more...

Photo: The Culver City Police Officers Association criticized two UCLA professors’ salaries because of their advocacy for defunding the police. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)

A Closer Look, News

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October 12, 10:03 pm

New Bruins find creative ways to foster community in remote learning environment

Despite fall quarter being remote, new students are searching for ways to connect with the UCLA community. Within the first few weeks of remote school, some first-year and new transfer students have relied on social media and joined various clubs to find their niches. Read more...

Photo: Darlene Hoang, a first-year communications student, is one of many new students looking for ways to overcome a remote fall quarter and connect with the UCLA community. (Photo by Ashley Kenney/Assistant photo editor, Photo illustration by Emily Dembinski/ Illustrations director)

Academics, Campus, News

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October 11, 6:53 pm

Department of Film, TV and Digital Media suspends fall 2021 graduate applications

The UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media is suspending applications to its graduate degree programs to reevaluate the structure of its graduate programs. The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, a department in the School of Theater, Film and Television, will not accept applications to its graduate programs for fall 2021 to review its programs and build a curriculum that better integrates its department programs, said interim department chair Steve Anderson in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media is suspending applications to its graduate programs for fall 2021. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Campus, News

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October 10, 12:16 am

Gene Block, vice chancellors discuss COVID-19 protocols, campus policing and more

This post was updated Oct. 13 at 12:11 a.m. Chancellor Gene Block meets with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board every quarter to discuss issues affecting campus and to explain administrative policies. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Gene Block and other UCLA administrators discussed UCLA’s reopening plans and other issues with the Daily Bruin Editorial Board at their quarterly meeting Thursday. (Courtesy of Genesis Qu)

Campus, News

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October 9, 10:03 pm

UCLA extends work from home period for faculty, staff through winter quarter

UCLA extended the work from home period for UCLA workers until the end of winter quarter, a UCLA administrator announced. Faculty and staff will continue working remotely through March 19, 2021, said Administrative Vice Chancellor Michael Beck in a Sept. Read more...

Photo: Most UCLA workers will have to continue working from home until the end of winter quarter, a UCLA administrator announced.(Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)

News, Science & Health

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October 9, 9:09 pm

UCLA researchers find respirators can be cleaned and reused in case of shortage

Some respirators can be effectively decontaminated of the coronavirus and reused, which could help doctors when protective equipment supplies run low, UCLA researchers found. When using vaporized hydrogen peroxide for 10 minutes, the researchers found no traces of SARS-CoV-2 on N95 respirators, said Amandine Gamble, a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA and a co-author of a study published in September in the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA study looked at different ways of decontaminating an N95 respirator. They found that using vaporized hydrogen peroxide was more effective than using dry heat, ultraviolet light or ethanol spray in decontaminating the respiratory. However, the respirator can only be decontaminated thrice before it loses its effectiveness in filtering out the COVID-19 virus. (Lauren Man/Assistant Photo editor)


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