Campus
April 14, 2021 9:55 p.m.
Voter turnout in the Graduate Students Association declined from 14% in 2020 to 10.22% this year. (Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
Graduate students voted to approve a change in legislative language in the 2021 Graduate Students Association elections, the association announced Wednesday.
Eight candidates ran in the GSA elections.
By Samantha Fredberg
Academics
April 14, 2021 5:05 p.m.UCLA will establish a curriculum about social justice with a focus on data using a $5 million grant.
The curriculum will offer students a data-driven approach to researching, teaching and learning about social justice, said UCLA spokesperson Katherine Alvarado in an emailed statement.
By Samantha Fredberg
Campus
April 13, 2021 9:05 p.m.Daily Bruin receives 15 honors in regional collegiate journalism competition
The Daily Bruin received more than a dozen honors in a regional journalism competition Tuesday.
The Society of Professional Journalists announced winners of its Mark of Excellence Region 11 competition, which considers collegiate reporting from Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Nevada and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Bruin received six first-place Mark of Excellence awards and was a finalist in nine other categories.
By Hyeyoon (Alyssa) Choi
Campus
April 13, 2021 6:36 p.m.UCLA to offer limited in-person procession for class of 2021 students
This post was updated April 14 at 12:19 a.m.
UCLA is planning to host in-person commemorations for the class of 2021 in the spring, Chancellor Gene Block announced Tuesday.
By Bernard Mendez and Jamie Jiang
Academics
April 13, 2021 5:10 p.m.UCLA-led pancreatic cancer research projects receive $6 million in grant funding
UCLA researchers were awarded two grants totaling $6 million to further pancreatic cancer therapy research.
The National Institutes of Health gave the grants to two research projects at UCLA that investigate the possible side effects and efficacy of promising pancreatic cancer drugs in February.
By Phoebe Chen
A Closer Look
April 13, 2021 2:39 p.m.Students discuss how pandemic, racism affect United States’ global reputation
Salsa Mazlan remembers making the decision to fly back to her home country of Brunei from Westwood at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The third-year anthropology student considered waiting for the Bruneian embassy to take action but chose to go home to be with family.
By Constanza Montemayor and Abigail Siatkowski
California
April 13, 2021 2:04 p.m.California pauses Johnson & Johnson vaccine usage following federal recommendation
This post was updated April 13 at 3:28 p.m.
California and Los Angeles County have paused the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in accordance with a recommendation from federal health agencies following rare reports of people having severe blood clots after receiving the vaccine.
By Anushka Chakrabarti
Crime
April 12, 2021 9:28 p.m.UCPD looking for man who inappropriately exposed himself to student at Kaufman Hall
This article contains descriptions of lewd conduct.
University police are looking for a suspect who allegedly inappropriately exposed himself to a female student on campus Monday afternoon.
By Hyeyoon (Alyssa) Choi
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