The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t stopping some students from celebrating Valentine’s Day with their significant other.
Students in relationships are reimagining their Valentine’s Day plans to limit exposure to public spaces and follow social distancing guidelines – an extension of how they have been spending time with their partner under the constraints of the pandemic.

This post was updated Jan. 24 at 6:51 p.m.
Alan Vargas hopes UCLA will live up to his expectations when he comes to campus in the fall.

Areli Gonzalez danced with joy when she heard former Vice President Joe Biden became the president-elect of the United States.
The fourth-year psychology student, a Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program recipient, said she celebrated with her parents and posted the news on social media.

Two new Southeast Asian American student groups hope to create spaces for their respective communities in spite of UCLA’s virtual setting this fall.
The Association of Indonesian Americans, founded in January, hopes to empower and educate Indonesian American students at UCLA.

This post was updated Oct. 11 at 6:00 p.m.
Zoombombers attacked multiple professors and students with racist and homophobic slurs on Monday.
Zoombombing, when people disrupt Zoom meetings by verbally attacking attendees, occurred during remote UCLA classes at least twice Monday.

For Deborah Banner, college almost feels like a missed opportunity.
Banner said she was drawn to UCLA because her community college professors spoke highly of the psychology program, as well as for research opportunities.

This post was updated Aug. 9 at 9:51 a.m.
In 2019, Megan Lynch hurt her hand parking her bike because the bike rack was not accessible, further affecting her pre-existing disability that causes pain in her hands and arms.

As her father battles COVID-19, Gabrielle Pascua repeats a mantra to herself to cope.
“Someone has to be strong,” said Pascua, a first-year human biology and society student.

As the first week of primarily video-based learning ends, professors and students are – mostly – adjusting to online classes.
“As Jackson Lears said, distance learning is to learning as phone sex is to sex,” said David Kipen, a lecturer in the UCLA Writing Program.

Students showcased their technological projects, ranging from story-building games to user-interface tools, at a UCLA technology gala Monday evening.
The Association of Computing Machinery hosted its annual Tech Gala in the Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Room this year, where students can present technological projects they have been working on.