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A Closer Look, International, News

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December 2, 6:07 pm

Armenian Image Archive aims to illuminate Armenian experience via photography

The Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA partnered with a film foundation to create an image archive to recognize and celebrate decades of Armenian photography. The Promise Armenian Institute signed an official memorandum of understanding with the Armenian Film Foundation in April, said Hasmik Baghdasaryan, deputy director of the Promise Armenian Institute, in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: A boy carries a loaf of bread in the Armenian city of Gyumri in a photo from “Aftermath: The Armenian Earthquake of 1988,” an exhibition presented by the Armenian Image Archive. (Courtesy of Asadour Guzelian)

Campus, Higher Education, News

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December 1, 11:53 pm

Transfer students vocalize frustration with slow process of transferring credits

Many transfer students consistently face issues enrolling in upper division courses that require prerequisites. Transfer students at UCLA who have taken lower-division courses at other institutions of higher education have expressed frustration that these courses have not transferred over to MyUCLA, the enrollment system the university uses, said Herman Luis Chavez, the Undergraduate Students Association Council transfer student representative. Read more...

Photo: UCLA transfer students often face issues enrolling in upper division courses that require prerequisites fulfilled at other institutions of higher education. (Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)

Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, News, Westwood

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December 1, 11:51 pm

Restaurants to stop providing single-use plastics unless requested by customer

Single-use plastic utensils and napkins will no longer be offered at restaurants in Los Angeles unless customers directly ask for them. A Los Angeles City Council ordinance took effect Nov. Read more...

Photo: The Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance requiring most food service providers and restaurants in LA to only offer disposable utensils at customers’ request. (Photo illustration by Ashley Kenney/Photo editor)

Campus, News, Science & Health

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December 1, 11:49 pm

UCLA Ashe Center recommends students get booster shots following FDA’s approval

The executive director of the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center, Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee, spoke with Daily Bruin reporter Noah Danesh about COVID-19 protocols at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Dr. Chaitali Mukherjee from the Arthur Ashe Student Health and Wellness Center (pictured) spoke with the Daily Bruin about COVID-19 safety as the holiday season approaches. Health officials recommend all eligible adults receive their COVID-19 booster shot to protect themselves from newly identified variants of the virus. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin staff)

Campus, News

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December 1, 11:47 pm

USAC calls for reversal of lowered unit caps for students with CAE accommodations

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is calling for the Undergraduate Council of the Academic Senate to permanently overturn its decision to reduce the number of priority enrollment units available to students accommodated under the Center for Accessible Education. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council is calling on the Academic Senate to increase disabled students’ priority enrollment caps from 15 units to 19, 20 or 21, depending on a student’s college or school. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Campus, News

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December 1, 4:04 pm

UCLA announces guidelines for campus gatherings amid concern for omicron variant

UCLA released new guidelines with restrictions for on-campus events and departmental social gatherings, according to a campuswide email Wednesday. The announcement came after scientists in South Africa detected the highly transmissible omicron COVID-19 virus variant, which the World Health Organization designated a variant of concern on Nov. Read more...

Photo: UCLA announced new COVID-19 safety guidelines for on-campus events after the omicron variant of the virus was detected in California on Wednesday. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Academics, News, Science & Health

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December 1, 2:10 pm

Students, alumnus publish research on global risk factors for gastric cancer

Two UCLA students and an alumnus recently published a research paper surveying factors that lead to global disparities in gastric cancer. Gastric cancer, also known as stomach cancer, is most prevalent in South Korea and least common in France, although the two countries have comparable economies. Read more...

Photo: Rachel Wang, Megan Yu and Omid Nikjeh (pictured from left to right) published their research on the factors that contribute to gastric cancer globally in October. The three met through a global health course at UCLA in fall 2020. (Photo courtesy of Rachel Wang, Megan Yu and Omid Nikjeh. Photo illustration by Katelyn Dang/Illustrations editor)


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