Students may face temporary suspension, expulsion or exclusion from university housing if they violate university public health requirements, UCLA announced Wednesday.
UCLA will require individuals on campus to complete daily symptoms surveys, cooperate with the campus staff who administer contact tracing, follow quarantine requirements and maintain social distancing, according to guidelines released Wednesday.

This post was updated Sept. 16 at 7:17 p.m.
The newly appointed undergraduate elections board chair pledges to increase election accessibility and to moderate online discussion forums during the student government election season.

Undergraduate students can now change their grading option to pass/no pass until the end of week nine during the fall 2020 quarter.
The Academic Senate Undergraduate Council voted at its Aug.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every other Tuesday at 5 p.m.

UCLA appointed public health professor Vickie Mays to a new position to advise the Chancellor on issues affecting the Black community.
Chancellor Gene Block announced Monday that Mays, a professor in the School of Public Health, will serve as the special advisor to the chancellor on Black life.

UCLA will transition to all remote instruction except for essential in-person classes for the fall and reduce the number of students permitted in on-campus housing.
The decision follows recent directives from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health that restricted campus activities to minimum operations and limited on-campus housing eligibility to students with no alternative options, said Emily Carter, the executive vice chancellor and provost in an emailed statement to students.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the governing body of the Undergraduate Students Association, whose membership consists of all undergraduate students at UCLA.
Emily Hong Van Luong, the USAC internal vice president, said the council serves students by advocating to the administration on their behalf and undertaking projects that help the student body.

This post was updated Sept. 11 at 11:34 p.m. to reflect clarified information in the graphic. 
Student advocates are calling on UCLA to protect those who have experienced sexual violence in light of May Title IX regulations from the federal government.

UCLA gave some financial aid recipients a default housing status without notice, which could decrease their financial aid award by up to $9,055.
The Financial Aid and Scholarships office gave some students commuter/remote learning status if it could not verify their housing status, said UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez in an email statement.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place biweekly on Tuesdays at 5 p.m.