This post was updated July 25 at 8:23 p.m. Dozens of UCLA nurses demonstrated in front of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday morning, calling for safe staffing and better workplace protections. Read more...
Photo: UCLA nurses protested against alleged UC mismanagement in front of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday morning. They called attention to concerns about staffing shortages and patient safety. (Chelsea Westman/Daily Bruin)
Susan Ettner, a UCLA professor and former interim dean, began her term as the dean of graduate education July 1. Ettner is a general internal medicine and health services professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and a health policy and management professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Read more...
Photo: Susan Ettner, a UCLA professor and former interim dean, was named dean of graduate education on June 25. Ettner began her full term July 1. (Courtesy of Susan Ettner)
This story was last updated July 25 at 7:53 p.m. UCLA students and alumni are simulating life as astronauts to practice techniques to use during space travel to Mars. Read more...
Photo: UCLA alumnus Olivia Ettlin was a crew member on a mission simulating astronaut life on Mars at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah. (Courtesy of Olivia Ettlin)
This post was updated Aug. 12 at 8:41 p.m. The UC Board of Regents appointed Marlenee Blas Pedral as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. Blas Pedral, a first-generation, rising second-year UC Berkeley law student, is the 48th student regent and will serve as the student regent-designate in discussions for the upcoming academic year, according to a University of California Office of the President press release. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents appointed UC Berkeley law student Marlenee Blas Pedral to serve as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. (Courtesy of Phoenisha Schuhmeier)
This post was updated Aug. 11 at 5:03 p.m. University police are looking for a suspect who reportedly robbed and attacked an individual Monday evening. The incident occured in the outside dining area of Ralphs at the 10800 block of Le Conte Avenue around 8:05 p.m., according to a UCPD crime alert sent Tuesday. Read more...
This post was updated July 22 at 9:55 p.m. A minority of UCPD policing events involves force, the threat of violence or follow up actions, UCLA researchers said in an April report. Read more...
Photo: A report made by the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies found that a large majority of instances investigated by the UCPD have no criminal law follow-up. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated July 25 at 7:58 p.m. The University of California admitted its most diverse group of students for fall 2021 entry. According to a UC Office of the President press release, 43% of admitted California freshmen are of racial and ethnic minority groups. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the UC saw a 11% increase in freshman admissions systemwide over 2020. Read more...
Photo: The University of California admitted the most diverse group of freshmen students and a record number of transfer students for fall 2021, the UC Office of the President announced Monday. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
