Tuesday, April 28

Three more test positive for COVID-19 in UCLA community

Three additional members of the UCLA community tested positive for the novel coronavirus in two days, according to university officials. None of the three UCLA community members have been on campus for at least two weeks, the amount of time it takes for most patients to show symptoms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. Read more...



UCLA works to secure online learning environments after ‘Zoombombing’ disruptions

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)



UCLA moves summer session A online, extending remote instruction through Aug. 28

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)


Total confirmed UCLA COVID-19 cases reach 9 after 2 more students test positive

UCLA confirmed Wednesday that there are two new cases of the novel coronavirus in the university community, bringing the total up to nine. Both new cases are students who live in off-campus apartments that are not owned by the university, according to UCLA’s case update page. Read more...

Photo: Two more students in the UCLA community have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases up to nine.


UC lifts testing requirements, other admissions standards in response to pandemic

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)