This post was updated Dec. 26 at 9:11 p.m. UC faculty have delayed sending the UC President and Board of Regents a first-year ethnic studies admissions proposal until they get more clarity from the state legislature’s upcoming budget. Read more...
Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. UC faculty decided to delay until April the furthering of a proposal for an ethnic studies requirement for first-year admits to its colleges, including UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed an extension to California’s existing film and television tax credit program. In October, Newsom announced a proposal to expand California’s film and television tax credit program to $750 million. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles skyline is pictured. In October, Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a tax credit addition to support the entertainment industry in California. (Courtesy of Matthew Field/Wikimedia Commons)
California is collaborating with an artificial intelligence company to further integrate AI into the lives of community college students, educators and workers. Gov. Gavin Newsom and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang signed an initiative this August to form a partnership between the California government and NVIDIA, an AI hardware supplier. Read more...
Photo: A classroom is pictured. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently announced a partnership between California community colleges and NVIDIA, an artificial intelligence company. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Bruins hoping to experience nature outside Westwood – from Big Sur to Joshua Tree and Yosemite – need look no further than the Backpacking Club at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Members of the Backpacking Club at UCLA walk through Joshua Tree National Park. (Courtesy of Charlotte Wolf)
The California Supreme Court will soon decide the scope of two education data privacy laws. An appellate court ruled in July that the case J.M. v. Read more...
Photo: (Jelani Kawaichi/Daily Bruin)
A new law will soon ban legacy admissions across California universities. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill in September banning all California higher education institutions from considering donor status or whether a candidate had a family member attend the institution as part of admissions decisions beginning in September 2025. Read more...
Photo: The University of Southern California is pictured. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently passed a bill banning legacy and donor-preference admissions at all California universities. (Courtesy of Matt Lin)
This post was updated Feb. 17 at 5:30 p.m. Thousands of workers struck against the UC on Wednesday and Thursday. Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents patient care, service and skilled craft workers – voted to authorize a strike with 99% support after alleging that the University bargained in bad faith during contract negotiations. Read more...
Photo: Members of AFSCME Local 3299 march through campus. The union went on strike Wednesday and Thursday after alleging the UC has bargained in bad faith. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)
