UCLA, UCI begin winter quarter classes remotely

Amid the alarming rise in coronavirus cases as a result of the emergence of the Omicron variant, UCLA and UC Irvine returned to online learning Monday for the first two weeks of the winter quarter. … While classes at UC Irvine will be remote, “the campus will remain fully operational, with the same staffing policies we have followed for the past few months,” UC Irvine Chancellor Howard Gillman wrote in a campus message on Dec. 21.