Andrea Ghez thought she was dreaming. It was 2 a.m. and she had just received a phone call from the Nobel Committee – congratulating her for winning the Nobel Prize in physics. Read more...
Photo: Andrea Ghez, a physics and astronomy professor, won the 2020 Nobel Prize for physics. She won the prize for her contributions toward the discovery of the black hole in the center of the Milky Way. (Courtesy of Elena Zhukova/UCLA Newsroom)
Students can access a campuswide online communication platform that UCLA released late September. UCLA began rolling out the UCLA Slack on Sept. 21 and sent an email notifying students about the platform Oct. Read more...
Photo: Students now have access to a campuswide UCLA Slack where they can socialize through private messages and private and public channels. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
UCLA Transportation commissioned two new zero-emissions shuttles to run through Westwood and help the university make strides toward its sustainability goals. The two new shuttles will run a 30-minute loop between the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica to transport both staff and patients, according to a Sept. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Transportation commissioned two zero-emissions shuttles in accordance with the university’s goal of a more sustainable campus. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A team of UCLA and USC researchers found that the COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on marginalized communities in Los Angeles. The city of Los Angeles needs to make changes in specific areas including housing, mental and physical health and immigration to address the disproportionate impact that COVID-19 has on marginalized communities, according to a report published by a team of researchers from UCLA, USC and the Committee for Greater LA on Sept. Read more...
Photo: A recent report by UCLA and USC researchers found that the pandemic has disproportionally affected marginalized racial groups and calls for reform. (Noah Danesh/Daily Bruin)
The Culver City police union criticized two UCLA professors for their advocacy in favor of defunding the police in an online post Sept. 30. The Culver City Police Officers Association, the union that represents Culver City Police Department officers, criticized law professor Noah Zatz and history professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez in a Sept. Read more...
Photo: The Culver City Police Officers Association criticized two UCLA professors’ salaries because of their advocacy for defunding the police. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
Despite fall quarter being remote, new students are searching for ways to connect with the UCLA community. Within the first few weeks of remote school, some first-year and new transfer students have relied on social media and joined various clubs to find their niches. Read more...
Photo: Darlene Hoang, a first-year communications student, is one of many new students looking for ways to overcome a remote fall quarter and connect with the UCLA community. (Photo by Ashley Kenney/Assistant photo editor, Photo illustration by Emily Dembinski/ Illustrations director)
The UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media is suspending applications to its graduate degree programs to reevaluate the structure of its graduate programs. The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, a department in the School of Theater, Film and Television, will not accept applications to its graduate programs for fall 2021 to review its programs and build a curriculum that better integrates its department programs, said interim department chair Steve Anderson in an emailed statement. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Department of Film, Television and Digital Media is suspending applications to its graduate programs for fall 2021. (Daily Bruin file photo)
