Saturday, June 27

News

Campus, News

|

May 31, 6:27 pm

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)

Campus, Crime, News

|

May 31, 5:49 pm

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...

News, Science & Health

|

May 31, 10:15 am

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)

Academics, Campus, Higher Education, News, UC

|

May 30, 9:52 pm

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)

Los Angeles City Council, News

|

May 30, 8:56 pm

Marqueece Harris-Dawson confirmed as LA City Council’s next president

The Los Angeles City Council confirmed President Pro Tempore Marqueece Harris-Dawson as the council’s next president Tuesday. Last week, Councilmembers Katy Yaroslavsky – who represents Westwood – and Heather Hutt nominated Harris-Dawson, who represents District 8 and chairs the city’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Read more...

Photo: Marqueece Harris-Dawson and former Mayor Eric Garcetti are pictured. Harris-Dawson was confirmed as Los Angeles City Council’s next president Tuesday. (Creative Commons photo by Eric Garcetti via Wikimedia Commons)

A Closer Look, Campus, Crime, News

|

May 30, 8:49 pm

Law enforcement leadership structure at UCLA faces scrutiny in wake of encampment

This post was updated June 2 at 9:27 p.m. For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage on the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA encampment, see here. Read more...

Photo: Police officers near Janss Steps on May 2 are pictured. Municipal leaders, policing experts and documents acquired by the Daily Bruin outlined and discussed the law enforcement leadership structure on campus. (Joseph Crosby/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, Campus, Crime, News

|

May 30, 8:04 pm

UCLA’s contracts with CHP, LAPD reveal costs associated with police on campus

For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage on the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA encampment, see here. Contracts obtained by the Daily Bruin outlined costs associated with policing on campus. Read more...

Photo: Police officers in front of Kaplan Hall on May 2 are pictured. Contracts obtained by the Daily Bruin outlined costs associated with policing on campus. (Myka Fromm/Photo editor)


1 … 215 216 217 218 219 … 4,440

Content copyright © 2026 the Daily Bruin