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Academics
Jan. 22, 2021 1:11 p.m.
The University of California is offering Punjabi for the first time to all campuses through the UC cross-campus enrollment system. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
Amrik Johal spoke Punjabi growing up, but he never learned how to read or write in the language.
“Many of us could speak Punjabi at home, but there’s very few who understand how to read and write,” said Johal, an education graduate student.
By Andrew Panosian
A Closer Look
Jan. 21, 2021 3:37 p.m.The grand finale of Alexa Kinoshita’s two-year journey at UCLA will be on Zoom.
Kinoshita, a fourth-year transfer sociology student, had less than two quarters to experience campus life before the COVID-19 pandemic caused universities across the world – including UCLA – to shutter in-person instruction and start remote learning.
By Tess Horowitz and Maggie Black
Campus
Jan. 20, 2021 5:50 p.m.Student leaders voice questions, expectations regarding UCLA’s vaccination plans
Some student leaders said UCLA should take an active role in distributing and mandating COVID-19 vaccines for students.
UCLA released a plan Thursday to vaccinate faculty and staff who are over 65 or are working on campus as soon as February.
By Liv Stokes
News
Jan. 20, 2021 3:14 p.m.UCLA nurses protest possible increase in number of patients per nurse in hospitals
Nurses at UCLA are protesting a decision that could give them a higher number of patients at UCLA hospitals.
California state law requires hospitals to maintain nurse-to-patient ratios to improve patient safety outcomes by preventing issues that can arise from staffing shortages and nurses’ overextension when caring for multiple patients.
By Kareem Majeed
Higher Education
Jan. 20, 2021 1:08 p.m.Biden’s nominee for secretary of education draws support from students, faculty
President Joe Biden’s nomination of Miguel Cardona to be the next secretary of education is a promising choice, UCLA faculty and students said.
Cardona previously taught as a fourth-grade teacher and is currently Connecticut’s commissioner of education.
By Christine Tran
National
Jan. 20, 2021 12:24 p.m.UCLA faculty consider causes, consequences of Trump’s second impeachment
The second impeachment of former President Donald Trump shows the United States needs to formalize constitutional norms, establish checks on executive power and address divisions in the country, UCLA faculty said.
By Annika Sial
Los Angeles
Jan. 20, 2021 11:50 a.m.UCLA Health administers monoclonal antibody treatments to COVID-19 patients
UCLA Health is giving monoclonal antibody treatments to some patients that are in the early stages of their COVID-19 infection.
Monoclonal antibody treatments give people who are at high risk for complications from COVID-19 a reduced chance of hospitalization, said Tara Vijayan, an assistant professor of medicine.
By Noah Danesh
Los Angeles
Jan. 20, 2021 9:16 a.m.Magnitude 3.5 earthquake strikes about 15 miles from UCLA campus
A 3.5 magnitude earthquake hit Los Angeles on Wednesday morning.
The quake originated around 15 miles from the UCLA campus in South Los Angeles at 8:31 a.m., according to the United States Geological Survey.
By Bernard Mendez
A Closer Look
Jan. 18, 2021 4:38 p.m.Students struggle to balance skepticism, hope surrounding in-person fall classes
Alan Vargas hopes UCLA will live up to his expectations when he comes to campus in the fall.
“When I get there I better not be disappointed,” said the third-year English and political science transfer student.
By Emily MacInnis and Maddie Rausa
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