This post was updated Feb. 16 at 11:18 p.m. The Trump administration on Friday dropped its appeal of a decision that blocked it from demanding a $1.2 billion settlement from UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building is pictured. The DOJ dropped its appeal of a decision Friday that blocked it from demanding a $1.2 billion settlement from UCLA. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 16 at 11:24 p.m. Editor’s note: This post was updated Feb. 14 at 9:37 p.m. to clarify that the vote impacts three bargaining units of the United Auto Workers. Read more...
Photo: Members of United Auto Workers Local 4811 protest at UCLA. Three UC units – including UAW Local 4811 – authorized a strike Friday.
Three unions representing about 40,000 UC academic and research employees began an unfair labor practice strike authorization vote Thursday. The voting period for the three unions – United Auto Workers Local 4811, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Academic Professionals-UAW, who are currently in contract negotiations with the UC – is set to close Friday. Read more...
Photo: A United Auto Workers Local 4811 demonstration is pictured. Three unions representing about 40,000 UC academic and research employees began an unfair labor practice strike authorization vote Thursday. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA is generating a nearly $400 million annual structural budget deficit, according to a Jan. 29 Academic Senate preliminary report. The report – created by the Academic Senate’s Council on Planning and Budget – said data provided by UCLA administrators showed that the university is projected to run a combined $829.7 million deficit across the 2025 and 2026 fiscal years if it has not taken and does not take any corrective action. Read more...
Photo: The Academic Senate Council on Planning and Budget’s 14-page report on UCLA’s budget is pictured. The council found that UCLA is generating a nearly $400 million annual deficit. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sex offenses, including against minors, which some readers may find disturbing. This article was updated Feb. 13 at 4:55 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Mark Tramo, an associate adjunct professor of neurology, holds a guitar. Tramo corresponded with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein via email between 2010 to 2019, including about Tramo’s UCLA class. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 27 at 10:08 p.m. The UC is asking students to complete a survey about their perceptions of on-campus discrimination and harassment, as mandated by the University’s 2024 agreement with the federal government to resolve civil rights investigations. Read more...
Photo: The UC Systemwide Student Climate Survey is pictured on a computer. The UC is asking students to complete a survey about their perceptions of on-campus discrimination and harassment, as mandated by the University’s 2024 agreement with the federal government to resolve civil rights investigations. (Amelia Chief/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Abraham Adhanom was wrapping up his 14th year of teaching two African language courses when the dean of humanities notified him his classes would be eliminated after spring 2025. Read more...
Photo: The African Studies Center in Bunche Hall is pictured. Professors, lecturers and department heads from various language programs said UCLA has threatened to – or already has – downsized language programs because of budget cuts, both at the state and federal level. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)
