Sunday, March 22

Crimewatch: April, May 2024

Sources: UCPD. Graphic reporting by Gabrielle Gillette, Daily Bruin staff. Interactive by Liam McGlynn, Assistant Data Editor. UCPD recorded 1,353 unique entries in its April and May daily crime log. Read more...


UCLA Faculty Association files unfair labor practice charge against the UC

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. The UCLA Faculty Association announced Monday that it filed an unfair labor practice charge against the UC over the University’s treatment of faculty during the Palestine solidarity encampment and its aftermath. Read more...

Photo: Faculty members hold a sign in support of student protesters in Dickson Plaza. The UCLA Faculty Association announced Monday that it filed an unfair labor practice charge against the UC over the University’s handling of the recent Palestine solidarity encampment. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)


Students, faculty attend vigil honoring Palestinians killed in ongoing war

Over a hundred people attended a vigil Friday evening to honor Palestinians killed by the Israeli military in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, a month after the violent attack on and subsequent police sweep of the now-dismantled Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA. Read more...

Photo: A speaker addresses attendees of Friday’s vigil, which honored Palestinians killed by the Israeli military. (Jessica Allen/Daily Bruin)


UCLA announces salary increase for eligible employees

Many nonunionized UCLA employees will receive a raise for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt announced a salary increase of 4.2% for eligible staff and academic employees in an email to faculty and staff Thursday afternoon. Read more...

Photo: Murphy Hall, which hosts the offices of Chancellor Gene Block and Executive Vice Chancellor Darnell Hunt, is pictured. Block and Hunt announced a raise for eligible faculty in an email Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Former UCLA child care teacher charged with sexual battery, cruelty to a child

This post was updated June 2 at 9:47 p.m. Editor’s note: The following article contains a description of reported sexual crimes against a child. A former UCLA early child care education teacher was charged with multiple counts of sexual battery, false imprisonment, battery on a person, cruelty to a child and sexual penetration by a foreign object Tuesday.  The Los Angeles City Attorney’s office filed the charges Tuesday against Christopher Rodriguez – who worked in various UCLA ECE centers, including the Krieger Center and University Village, for nearly 25 years. Read more...


Physics and astronomy professor Andrea Ghez shares story, advice in ‘last lecture’

Nobel Laureate Andrea Ghez gave her Last Lecture on May 14 to an auditorium filled with Bruins, her former students and fellow faculty. Thousands of Bruins voted for Ghez – who was one of 260 faculty nominees – to be honored with the Marty Sklar My Last Lecture award, said Jamie Cheung, vice president of the Alumni Scholars Club, which hosted the event. Read more...

Photo: Andrea Ghez, professor of physics and astronomy and recipient of the “My Last Lecture Award,” is pictured left. Jamie Cheung, vice president of the Alumni Scholars Club, which hosted the event, is pictured right. (Eva Danesh/Daily Bruin)


Bruins voice support for UAW Local 4811 strike, concern over UCLA admin’s response

Students expressed support for the United Auto Workers Local 4811 strike at UCLA but said there has been a lack of communication surrounding the strike’s effects on classes. Read more...

Photo: Members of United Auto Workers Local 4811 picket in Dickson Plaza. UCLA members of the union began striking Tuesday. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)