For many Muslims, celebrating Ramadan felt far from normal this year. From the religious holiday’s importance to their experiences fasting, explore how Muslim Bruins are observing Ramadan – and how the pandemic has affected their typical celebrations.

Student government elections. Stolen snapshots of students partying during the pandemic. GroupMe rants about teaching assistants. Nothing is safe from the many eyes of r/ucla.
With the transition to online learning and the loss of physical interaction, people have flocked to Reddit and r/ucla, the UCLA subreddit, for a sense of community.

This post was updated May 7 at 9:25 a.m.
In 2020, Hamza Mirza watched his younger cousin grow up over Zoom iftars, the nightly meal Muslims eat to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 8:31 p.m.
A UCLA registry is facilitating blood plasma donations from recovered COVID-19 patients and helping guide COVID-19 research.

Kausalya Kethu turns the decision of whether or not she should return to campus in the fall over and over in her mind. Though others can make the decision to return without a second thought, Kethu can’t – she is immunocompromised.

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.

The UCLA Athletics community remembers Olympian and humanitarian Rafer Johnson for his actions on and off the track, the field and the court.
Johnson, who was also a UCLA alumnus, died at his home in Sherman Oaks, California on Dec.

This post was updated Nov. 15 at 8:13 p.m.
Almost 2,000 graduate students have signed up for a pass that gives them free access to public transportation across Los Angeles.