Sunday, April 5

UCLA students reassess finals week, spring break plans in light of COVID-19

This post was updated March 11 at 9:50 p.m. Anne Deffebach hoped to spend this spring break – her last at UCLA – with six of her best friends in Thailand. Read more...

Photo: Students have been prompted to cancel and reschedule spring break plans because of COVID-19 and UCLA’s suspension of in-person classes until April 10. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA holds information session to address concerns regarding COVID-19

UCLA does not plan to move all classes online yet in response to COVID-19, campus representatives said at an information session Monday. The event, which was livestreamed and viewed by nearly 2,000 people, took place in De Neve Auditorium. Read more...

Photo: Brian MacDonald, Director of residential education at UCLA Residential Life, speaks at an information session on COVID-19 on Monday. The event was also livestreamed, as students were encouraged to not attend in person. (Naveed Pour/Daily Bruin)


UC makes open-access deal with PLOS to reform academic journal publishing

This post was updated March 9 at 3:57 p.m. The University of California made a two-year open-access agreement Feb. 19 with the Public Library of Science, which researchers say is part of an upending of the traditional academic publishing model. Read more...

Photo: The University of California announced a two-year open-access agreement Feb. 19 with the Public Library of Science, under the deal, the UC Library will cover the first $1,000 of the article processing charges required for researchers to publish in PLOS journals. (Daily Bruin file photo)







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