The University of California announced plans to phase out single-use plastics on campuses by 2023, as part of the University’s plan to achieve zero waste.
The policy will eliminate the use of plastic bags in dining and retail locations by Jan.

For students studying science and engineering, research often comes up as a potential career path.
Lexi Kwon, a second-year physics student, said she started to look for research opportunities to see if research was the right career for her.

A UCLA professor received a grant to develop a new treatment that could make COVID-19 vaccines more effective.
Song Li, the chair of Samueli School of Engineering’s bioengineering department, received a $149,916 grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to create a vaccine booster that could help the body defend against the coronavirus.

UCLA Health was ranked first in California and fourth nationwide in the U.S. News & World Report rankings released Tuesday.
The UCLA Health campuses in Westwood and Santa Monica maintained their number one rank for the second consecutive year in California and in Los Angeles in the annual ranking report.

Hundreds of protesters chanted in Westwood on Sunday in solidarity with protesters in Portland, Oregon.
The Black Lives Matter Los Angeles Chapter organized the protest, held at the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard, to show their opposition to federal police stationed in Portland.

The state of California will sue the federal government over new regulations that would force international students taking only online classes in the fall to leave the United States, according to a press release from California Attorney General Xavier Becerra Thursday.

The majority of courses for the fall 2020 quarter will be taught virtually.
Around 15% to 20% of the courses will be conducted in person or as an in-person and online hybrid, according to an email to students from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emily Carter.

Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer.
Q: Is time a concept that the human mind can comprehend?

This post was updated May 31 at 2:13 p.m.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti implemented a curfew for all LA citizens at a press conference Saturday following protests across LA.

The Daily Bruin received three national honors from the Society of Professional Journalists in May.
At the national level, the Daily Bruin won awards for General Column Writing and Breaking News Photography in the Large School Division.