This post was updated on Jan 10 at 4:58 p.m. At least three academic departments will not alter their degree plans to allow students to use pass/no pass courses to count toward certain degree requirements in the winter 2021 quarter, despite recommendations from the Academic Senate. Read more...
Photo: Student leaders asked the Academic Senate to pressure individual academic departments to implement pass/no pass grading accommodations. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
This post was updated Dec. 16 at 3:16 p.m. to clarify statements from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter. Graduate student leaders are asking UCLA to include students on the search committee for a new dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies. Read more...
Photo: The search for a new dean at the School of Education and Information Studies lacks student input, graduate students said. (Finn Chitwood/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Dec. 11 at 1:48 p.m. Disability advocates and student leaders are hoping to use money raised in memory of a former student leader to build a center for disabled student advocacy. Read more...
Photo: Student leaders hope to establish a Disability Cultural Center on campus to provide a common space for students with disabilities. (Daily Bruin file photo)
University police arrested a 43-year-old man at UCLA Weyburn Terrace Apartments on Nov. 23 on several charges, according to a Tuesday UCPD press release. Charles Branch, a Los Angeles resident not affiliated with UCLA, was charged with burglary, possession of a controlled substance and paraphernalia and a probation violation, according to the press release. Read more...
Photo: University police arrested a 43-year-old man at UCLA Weyburn Terrace Apartments on Nov. 23 after he was found removing packages from two mailrooms.
Some students are concerned about how their peers are handling the COVID-19 pandemic and think UCLA could do more to enforce COVID-19 guidelines. UCLA’s outline of student conduct and policies for COVID-19 gives regulations for large gatherings, and states that students can face academic consequences or exclusion from UCLA housing for violating UCLA’s policies. Read more...
Photo: (Katie Frei/Daily Bruin)
UCLA plans to expand its Latino student population to a quarter of its enrolled student population in five years to qualify for additional federal grants, university administrators said in a campus-wide email Monday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA plans to expand its enrolled Latino population to be federally designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution. (David Rimer/Daily Bruin staff)
Several undergraduate student government staffers received money from a scholarship run by their own office, including staffers who helped decide who receives scholarship money. At least 11 Undergraduate Students Association Council Academic Affairs Commission staffers received money from a textbook scholarship their office administers, Books for Bruins, said Commissioner of Academic Affairs Breeze Velazquez in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: Staff at an undergraduate student government commission are set to receive scholarships from their own office.
