Friday, January 30

UCLA lags in bottom half of Abbott, Big Ten blood drive and urges donations

UCLA is looking for a last-minute push in this year’s Big Ten blood donation competition, as the Bruins lie in the bottom half of 18 participating universities. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Blood and Platelet Center is pictured. The nationwide blood drive encourages students, alumni and fans to give blood at any certified center and log their donations online. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)


AISA, USAC members honor Indigenous history, land with NAGPRA teach-in

About 30 students honored Indigenous history at a teach-in about the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act on Nov. 12. The event, which was hosted at the Student Activities Center, aimed to educate the campus community about the NAGPRA – a federal law passed in 1990, which outlines requirements for federally-funded agencies and museums to return Native American human remains and funerary objects to their respective peoples. Read more...

Photo: A computer open to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act section of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities website is pictured. The American Indian Student Association educated students on NAGPRA at a teach-in Nov. 12. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)




AFSCME Local 3299 to strike Nov. 17-18, CNA to join in solidarity

Two unions representing more than 60,000 UC employees plan to strike Monday and Tuesday, limiting access to dining halls and other campus services. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents 37,000 patient care, service and skilled craft workers, called for the strike because of the University’s alleged failure to reach a fair contract with union members. Read more...

Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 on strike. Two unions representing more than 60,000 UC employees plan to strike Monday and Tuesday, limiting access to dining halls and other campus services. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


UC instates Cal-GETC framework for prospective community college transfer students

The UC implemented a new general education sequence for prospective community college transfer students this fall. The California General Education Transfer Curriculum seeks to streamline the four-year university transfer process for students in the California Community Colleges system, according to the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates’ website. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Transfer Student Center. The UC implemented a new general education sequence for prospective community college transfer students this fall. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Julio Frenk announces Executive Budget Action Group to manage UCLA’s monetary concerns

This post was updated Nov. 13 at 9:20 p.m. UCLA is launching a new leadership coalition to manage the university’s budgetary shortfall amid state and federal funding cuts, Chancellor Julio Frenk announced in a Wednesday campuswide email.  Frenk, who will chair the Executive Budget Action Group, said in the email that the group’s creation was prompted by “structural budget deficits, federal and state funding uncertainties, and rising costs,” which challenge the university’s academic mission.  The budget action group will create guidelines for future campus financial decisions, investigate specific areas for improvement in its investments and emphasize transparency in all of its budgetary decisions, Frenk said in the email.  “Our North Star is to ensure that the resources entrusted to us add maximum value back to society while protecting the academic core that defines UCLA’s strength,” he said.  The California State Legislature and Gov. Read more...

Photo: Chancellor Julio Frenk’s Wednesday campuswide email announcing the creation of a new budget action group sits on a computer screen. Frenk said in the email that the coalition will manage UCLA’s budgetary shortfall amid state and federal funding cuts. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)



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