Monday, April 27

Some UC language programs are getting moved online. These professors aren’t happy.

This post was updated April 10 at 1:00 a.m. The UC implemented a virtual language education initiative in January, sparking pushback from instructors amid language program cuts. Read more...

Photo: The website for the Global Language Network is displayed on a laptop. The virtual language education initiative has sparked concern among UC instructors. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin staff)


Former UCLA CFO Stephen Agostini to serve as Culver City’s CFO

This post was updated April 2 at 1:32 p.m. UCLA’s former chief financial officer, who abruptly departed the university in February after alleging financial mismanagement, will serve as Culver City’s CFO, the city announced Monday. Read more...

Photo: Murphy Hall, which houses the office of UCLA;s chief financial officer, is pictured. Former CFO Stephen Agostini, who left UCLA days after alleging financial mismanagement, will serve as Culver City’s new CFO. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Interim CFO says UCLA’s budget deficit is markedly lower than previous estimates

This post was updated March 29 at 8:01 p.m. UCLA is projected to generate a $220 million deficit for the 2025-26 fiscal year, its interim chief financial officer announced in a Thursday email. Read more...

Photo: An email from Reem Hanna-Harwell, UCLA’s interim chief financial officer, is pictured on a computer. UCLA is projected to generate a $220 million deficit for the 2025-26 fiscal year, Hanna-Harwell announced in a Thursday email. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


UC basic needs programs might be in danger. What now?

SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly half of all UC undergraduates and one-third of graduate students are currently facing food insecurity, according to data presented at a UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Katherine Newman, the UC’s provost and executive vice president of academic affairs, is pictured at UC San Francisco. Nearly half of all UC undergraduates and one-third of graduate students are currently facing food insecurity, according to data presented at a UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Committee recommends removal of Chávez’s name from Chicana/o studies department

This post was updated March 29 at 8:09 p.m. UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, following a New York Times investigation that revealed his alleged sex abuse.  The committee – which received the request from the department Wednesday – sent its recommendation to Chancellor Julio Frenk and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, according to a Friday letter obtained by the Daily Bruin. Read more...

Photo: A statement issued by UCLA’s Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies – in which it announced that it voted to remove Cesár E. Chávez’s name from its title – appears on a computer screen. UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, according to a recommendation letter obtained by the Daily Bruin. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


United Auto Workers units finalize agreements with UC, avoid strike

This post was updated March 24 at 9:10 a.m. Three United Auto Workers units ratified contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining.  The three units – UAW Local 4811’s academic student employees unit, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW – represent more than 40,000 UC academic and research employees, including teaching assistants. Read more...

Photo: Members of UC’s United Auto Workers units protest outside Royce Hall. Three UAW units voted to ratify contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


Attending UCLA’s School of Dentistry is going to get more expensive

SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents approved a tuition increase for UCLA’s dentistry program at its Wednesday meeting. The academic and student affairs committee approved the tuition increase for the dentistry program – as well as for a nursing program at UC Irvine and pharmacy programs at UCI and UC San Francisco – at its bimonthly meeting, held Tuesday and Wednesday at UCSF. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Dental Clinics building is pictured. The UC Board of Regents approved a tuition increase for UCLA’s dentistry program at its Wednesday meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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