Student leaders are calling for more student involvement in UCLA’s response to the novel coronavirus. Disruptions stemming from the outbreak have forced some students to face racial harassment in online classes, financial hardship and other challenges. Read more...
Photo: As student learning shifts online because of the coronavirus pandemic, student government leaders are working to increase student input in major decisions. (Daily Bruin file photo)
As news of the coronavirus pandemic spread and UCLA suspended in-person classes, many domestic students traveled home immediately. However, international students often have more factors to consider, like navigating travel restrictions, employment complications and attending class from different time zones. Read more...
Photo: Richard Clement Kusuma, UCLA’s international student ambassador for Indonesia, will be staying in his Westwood apartment for his final quarter at UCLA. As the novel coronavirus spread and UCLA suspended in-person instruction, many domestic students traveled home immediately. However, international students like Kusuma, who is from Jakarta, have more factors to consider. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)
As the first week of primarily video-based learning ends, professors and students are – mostly – adjusting to online classes. “As Jackson Lears said, distance learning is to learning as phone sex is to sex,” said David Kipen, a lecturer in the UCLA Writing Program. Read more...
Photo: UCLA moved all spring quarter class online March 13. Many professors are conducting lectures over Zoom, a video conference program. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 6 at 1:33 p.m. We know you have a lot of questions about the novel coronavirus. From questions about recovery to whether or not UCLA Hill employees would be paid, Daily Bruin staffers answered your most pressing questions. Read more...
UCLA officials are taking steps to avoid recent “Zoombombing” incidents in which people interrupt online lectures with vulgar audio and chat messages. The university is working on providing support to students and faculty who were verbally attacked during the incidents, which took place during the first week of spring online instruction, Chancellor Gene Block said in a campuswide email Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: UCLA officials are working to address multiple Zoom lecture interruptions that took place Tuesday where people disrupted classes with vulgar audio and chat messages. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated April 2 at 1:19 p.m. Summer session A will also be taught remotely, university officials announced Wednesday. Session A, which is scheduled from June 22 to Aug. Read more...
Photo: Summer session A, which runs from June 22 to Aug. 28, will be taught remotely. It has not yet been decided whether summer session C will be taught online as well. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Incoming UCLA students and future applicants will see some of their admissions requirements relaxed because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. High school students applying to UC schools in November 2020 will not have to submit SAT or ACT scores after college entrance examinations were suspended nationwide, the UC said in a press release. Read more...
Photo: The University of California relaxed several admissions requirements for future and incoming students. (Daily Bruin file photo)
