Students expressed disappointment and concern that UCLA will not be offering an off-campus meal plan for fall. The Bruin Meal Plan enables off-campus students, including those in university apartments, to use on-campus dining halls, according to the UCLA Housing website. Read more...
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Many Bruins have resorted to offering money or asking for favors from their fellow students to hold spots in classes for them with their earlier fall enrollment times. Read more...
Photo: Money sits in front of a laptop. Many Bruins have resorted to offering money or asking for favors from fellow students to hold spots in classes for them. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)
Jamba by Blendid and Epicuria at Ackerman opened this summer at Ackerman Union. Jamba by Blendid is a fully autonomous operating robot extension of Jamba, while Epicuria at Ackerman is a satellite restaurant of the Mediterranean-themed dining hall Epicuria at Covel that opened last fall. Read more...
Photo: A sign from Epicuria at Ackerman (left) and smoothie from Blendid by Jamba (right) are pictured. Bruins voiced excitement over the two new offerings at Ackerman Union. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Q: What is the bivalent vaccine for COVID-19? Read more...
Photo: A vaccine is administered into a person’s arm. The bivalent vaccine for COVID-19 is expected to be available in the fall. (Joseph Jimenez/Assistant Photo editor)
Recent faculty hiring commitments aim to increase scholarship at UCLA in Black, Latino, Indigenous and Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. The murder of George Floyd in 2020 and the movement for racial justice increased awareness of diversity issues and subsequently, the lack of equitable representation in higher education, said Shannon Speed, the director of the UCLA American Indian Studies Center and a special advisor to Chancellor Gene Block on Native American and Indigenous affairs. Read more...
Photo: Bunche Hall (pictured) hosts the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, part of an equity initiative on campus. UCLA has attempted to increase representational hiring on campus for all racial and ethnic groups. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Researchers from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that among California’s executive political appointees, Latinos are the most underrepresented racial/ethnic group. In a report published Aug. Read more...
This post was updated Sept. 21 at 10:55 p.m. UCLA researchers have created a coating for implanted medical devices that will reduce their risk of causing infection. Read more...
