A professor with appointments in three UCLA departments will serve as the 2027-28 chair of the Academic Senate. Catherine Sugar, who will begin her term as chair Sept. Read more...
Photo: Catherine Sugar stands outside the Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden. Sugar will serve as the next Academic Senate vice chair. (Courtesy to Alexandra Foley)
This post was updated May 21 at 11:12 p.m. Senior Continuing Lecturer Young Kee Markham has taught gerontology to graduate nursing students for 27 years. But starting next fall, Markham said UCLA plans to significantly reduce her teaching appointments amid changes to the graduate degree. Read more...
Photo: The School of Nursing is pictured. Senior Continuing Lecturer Young Kee Markham said her teaching appointments were cut despite her 27 years of experience following a graduate program change. (Kai Dizon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 22 at 10:35 a.m. UCPD was notified of an alleged sexual battery that occurred at an on-campus residence hall at about 1 a.m. Read more...
Photo: A UCPD car drives on campus. The department was notified of an alleged sexual battery that occurred in a residence hall Monday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
State legislation has prohibited California police agencies from participating in federal immigration enforcement operations since 2018 – but a Los Angeles County sheriff candidate wants to change that. Read more...
Photo: A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department vehicle is parked under a tree. A candidate for LA County sheriff wants to reinstate a program that allows local police to collaborate with immigration enforcement officers. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated May 21 at 7:58 p.m. More than two years into bargaining and just hours before an indefinite strike was set to begin, the UC reached a contract with a union representing more than 40,000 employees. Read more...
Photo: Members of the American Federation of State, City and Municipal Employees Local 3299 demonstrate outside of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Center. The union reached a contract with the UC just hours before it was set to go on an open-ended strike Thursday and is holding a ratification vote May 19 to 21. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated May 19 at 11:32 p.m. Sina Sinbari, a student at the UCLA School of Law, died April 20. He was 24. Sinbari, a volleyball player who played for the University of Charleston and Fairleigh Dickinson University during his undergraduate years, planned to pursue athletic management after graduation. Read more...
Photo: Sina Sinbari, a student at the School of Law, poses with a volleyball. Sinbari played volleyball for Fairleigh Dickinson University and the University of Charleston during his undergraduate years. (Courtesy of Fairleigh Dickinson University)
This post was updated May 20 at 10:49 a.m. May is national stroke awareness month. Dr. Jeffrey Saver, a vascular neurologist at UCLA Health, discussed the basics of stroke prevention, treatment and awareness with Daily Bruin contributor Owen Mazzola. Read more...
Photo: (Ingrid Leng/Daily Bruin staff)
