This post was updated Aug. 1 at 7:17 p.m.
Local officials are co-organizing an in-person outreach event at the Westwood Recreation Center for people experiencing homelessness.

This post was updated June 2 at 1:59 p.m.
Michael Skiles, the 2019-2021 North Westwood Neighborhood Council president, will not be returning to the NWWNC.
Skiles did not run for a 2021-2023 board seat but plans to remain involved in the UCLA community through alumni associations, he said.

Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer.
Q: What are some new ways experts are trying to stop the spread of COVID-19?

Every eight years, the UCLA Academic Senate reviews each department’s quality of education. The 2019-20 review of the Film, Television and Digital Media department in TFT, which offers UCLA’s undergraduate and graduate film programs, revealed patterns of administrative neglect.

UCLA researchers are predicting the COVID-19 pandemic may cause societies to become more socially conservative but may not greatly hinder human progress, among other predictions.
Those are some of the ways evolutionary psychologists are predicting the COVID-19 pandemic will impact society.

A UCLA report recommended companies give their workers greater control over management after examining the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on gig workers.
The report, published in October, stated the pandemic has exacerbated many existing problems such as wage theft, as well as illegal violations of worker health and safety protections for gig workers.

This post was updated June 22 at 3:14 p.m.
Seemingly overnight, the once-obscure legal doctrine of qualified immunity became the center of attention of many news outlets and social media feeds.

Some Bruins have made efforts to give back to their communities despite social restrictions during the coronavirus pandemic. This series of articles, each made of several short stories, aims to remind us “Good Things are Bruin” and provide some hopeful news during a difficult time.

A local business improvement organization is distributing over 1,200 meals to hospital workers with the help of Westwood establishments.
The Westwood Village Improvement Association purchased discounted meals from local restaurants using donations in order to provide them with a business opportunity and chance to support hospital workers at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.