Ying-Ying Meng, the former director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, died April 11. She was 68. Meng, who began working at the center in 2000, also served as a senior research scientist and the co-director of the CHPR’s Chronic Disease Program. Read more...
Photo: Ying-Ying Meng, the former director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, died April 11. She was 68. (Courtesy of Mike Fricano/UCLA Center for Health Policy Research)
This post was updated May 17 at 3:09 p.m. United Auto Workers Local 4811 announced Wednesday that its membership voted to authorize a strike if its leadership deems it necessary – calling on its UC Santa Cruz membership Friday to “stand up” as the first campus to strike Monday. Read more...
Photo: Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers represented by United Auto Workers Local 4811 march through the Court of Sciences on May 9 with a banner representing their former union, UAW Local 5810. UAW Local 4811 voted Wednesday to authorize a strike in response to the University’s use of force toward students in Palestine solidarity encampments across the UC system. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA faculty have heightened concerns over the integrity of the Academic Senate’s process to potentially issue an unprecedented no-confidence vote in Chancellor Gene Block, following documents released amid the fallout from Friday’s emergency meeting. Read more...
Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. UCLA faculty members have concerns regarding the Academic Senate’s process of issuing a no-confidence vote in Chancellor Gene Block. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 14 at 11:41 p.m. Experts on policing and civil rights law condemned law enforcement’s use of force during the police-led sweep of the Palestine solidarity encampment and its subsequent arrest of pro-Palestine protesters. Read more...
Photo: Police are pictured wearing riot gear outside of the Palestine solidarity encampment. Law enforcement swept the encampment in the early morning of May 2. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)
This post was updated May 14 at 11:29 p.m. For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA demonstrations, see here. Read more...
Photo: Volunteer medics are pictured organizing supplies at the foot of Janss Steps on the afternoon of May 1. Dozens of medics, ranging from undergraduates to hospital physicians, staffed the now-dismantled Palestine solidarity encampment during the April 30 attack and the May 2 police sweep. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Amid the hustle and bustle of UCLA’s campus, teaching assistant James Johnson wakes up at 5:30 a.m. in preparation for the day ahead of him. Like many other TAs, Johnson, a graduate student in the philosophy department, spends his mornings navigating the course materials for his sections, thinking about how to supplement the week’s lectures. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Royce Hall in Dickson Plaza. Teaching assistants at UCLA teach more than 33,000 undergraduate students, including in buildings around the plaza. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Hundreds of Native Americans and other community members attended the 39th annual UCLA Pow Wow from Saturday to Sunday. Hosted by the American Indian Student Association and held at the Wallis Annenberg Stadium, the two-day event – which was free to the public – featured music and dances across different Native American cultures. Read more...
Photo: Dreamcatchers hang from vendors’ tents at the UCLA Pow Wow. The American Indian Student Association held its 39th annual Pow Wow on Saturday and Sunday. (Gabrielle Siegel/Daily Bruin senior staff)
