Thursday, February 12

UCLA extends payment deadline for spring tuition, suspends course materials fees

UCLA has suspended course materials fees and extended the deadline to pay spring quarter tuition and fees in light of the coronavirus outbreak. All course materials fees that are tied to particular courses will be suspended, said Gregg Goldman, vice chancellor and chief financial officer, in an email to students Friday. Read more...

Photo: UCLA announced Friday it will suspend course materials fees and extend the deadline to pay spring quarter tuition and fees. However, no changes have been made to systemwide or campus-based fees. (Daily Bruin file photo)



UCLA reconsiders virtual commencement, Block offers apology

Chancellor Gene Block walked back on the university’s decision to hold its 2020 commencement ceremonies virtually following backlash from students. Block announced the move to reconsider the ceremonies in an email sent to all students Thursday evening. Read more...

Photo: UCLA will confer with the Undergraduate Students Association Council in making its final plans for the 2020 commencement. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Seniors reflect on leaving friends, UCLA as spring quarter moves online

This post was updated March 20 at 4:26 p.m. Fourth-year Mina Naziri was in class Friday when she heard the news. Her professor, who doesn’t allow electronics in class, had been talking for the past 20 minutes about why he didn’t want to hold finals online. Read more...

Photo: UCLA graduating students face troubled times as they enter their final quarter of college. (Amy Dixon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA moves spring graduation ceremonies online to curb spread of COVID-19

This post was updated March 18 at 10:49 p.m. UCLA plans to poll students graduating in 2020 about how they would like to proceed with their commencement following the cancellation of in-person spring ceremonies. Read more...

Photo: All campus graduation ceremonies will be virtual for spring. This will affect UCLA’s College commencement and all campus graduation ceremonies. (MacKenzie Coffman/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA-led nationwide survey sheds light on policy divides ahead of 2020 election

UCLA researchers found that strong similarities between Democratic voters could allow for a Democratic presidential nominee on either side of the ideological spectrum. The findings, which were released Feb. Read more...

Photo: UCLA political science professor Lynn Vavreck and political science associate professor Chris Tausanovitch released the first report of their study, Nationscape, on Feb. 28. The study attempts to identify people’s priorities beyond asking what they agree or disagree with. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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