Wednesday, October 7

UCSC to provide housing supplement to MFA, doctoral students after protests

UC Santa Cruz announced Monday that it will provide all Master of Fine Arts and doctoral students with a retroactive housing supplement following strikes at the Santa Cruz campus over the last few weeks. Read more...

Photo: UCLA graduate students showed their support for graduate students striking at UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday by calling in sick. UC Santa Cruz said Monday that it will provide MFA and doctoral students with a $2,500 retroactive housing supplement for the 2019-2020 year. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)



School of music increases funding for community college transfer scholarships

The Herb Alpert Foundation added $50,000 to the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music’s annual scholarship fund to make the transfer process from Los Angeles City College easier, according to a university press release. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music annual scholarship fund will receive $50,000 from the Herb Alpert Foundation to make the transfer process from Los Angeles City College easier.(Daily Bruin file photo)


UCGPC will meet with Napolitano, but won’t be negotiating contracts

The University of California Graduate and Professional Council has agreed to meet with UC President Janet Napolitano but will not negotiate contracts in response to strikes at UC Santa Cruz. Read more...

Photo: UCLA graduate students rallied in support of students striking at UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday by calling in sick. University of California President Janet Napolitano said in a statement Friday that she offered to meet with the UC Graduate and Professional Council to discuss student concerns. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)



UCLA parent pleads guilty to charges in college admissions scandal

A woman pleaded guilty in a federal court Friday for paying to get her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit.  Xiaoning Sui, a 49-year-old Chinese national and Canadian resident, pleaded guilty to planning to pay $400,000 to William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as a soccer recruit, even though he did not have any competitive experience.  Read more...

Photo: Xiaoning Sui pleaded guilty in federal court Friday for paying William Singer, the organizer of the 2019 college admissions scandal, to have her son admitted to UCLA as an athletic recruit. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA students work with nonprofits to make positive impacts using technology

A student technology organization is helping nonprofits improve the lives of the Los Angeles homeless population and community college students. Nova is a student club with just a dozen members that develops apps for nonprofits in order to have a positive social impact. Read more...

Photo: Nova at UCLA, a student technology organization, makes mobile applications for nonprofits. Students in the club said they wanted to find a way to use their expertise to help the community. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)