The undergraduate student government election board issued seven sanctions Saturday. The board sanctioned 15 candidates for not submitting their campaign expense and sources of funding forms by the 11:59 p.m. Read more...
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News, Student Government
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April 20, 10:19 pm
USAC election sanctions – April 20
This story was updated April 21 at 10:05 a.m. The undergraduate student government election board issued three sanctions Friday. The board sanctioned the Candidates Operating Clearly slate, Bella Martin, a Bruins United candidate running for general representative, and the For the People slate for violating social media guidelines. Read more...
Campus, News
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April 20, 1:03 am
UCLA professors awarded American Academy of Arts and Sciences membership
Two UCLA professors were selected as members of a national honors society and independent policy research center. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences elected Philippe Bourgois, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, and Rosa Matzkin, a professor of economics, as members of the academy Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: (UCLA Newsroom)
News, Science & Health
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April 20, 1:01 am
New study uses Google search history to track syphilis outbreaks
Google’s search history data can be used to target ads, personalize websites and now, according to UCLA researchers, track the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Sean Young, an associate professor at UCLA and executive director of the University of California Institute for Prediction Technology, collaborated with researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop a new way to monitor the spread of syphilis using search data from Google Trends. Read more...
Campus, News, UC
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April 20, 12:53 am
Student-worker union negotiates with UC, demands protections, benefits
Student workers from the University of California demanded the UC implement new anti-discrimination and harassment provisions at a union contract negotiation session Thursday. UAW Local 2865, the UC student-workers union, called for the UC to create procedures that value and protect survivors of sexual assault, as well as extend paid maternity and paternity leave from six weeks to six months. Read more...
Photo: The UC student-workers union Local 2865 is involved in negotiations for the terms of their new contract. Some members of the union said they think the university has taken too long to provide a wage proposal. (Jenna Smith/Daily Bruin)
News, Student Government
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April 19, 10:01 pm
USAC candidate hopefuls field questions from student groups at hearing
Undergraduate student government candidates answered questions about their platforms and other issues that impact the campus at an endorsement hearing Wednesday. Each candidate had 30 seconds to answer questions from student groups members, which will help groups decide who to endorse in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate student government candidates answered questions about their platforms and other issues impacting campus at an endorsement hearing Wednesday. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
Crime, News
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April 19, 5:48 pm
UCPD searches for alleged sexual battery perpetrator near De Neve Plaza
University police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually battered a UCLA student Wednesday. The student was at the crosswalk between De Neve Plaza and Bruin Walk at 10:30 p.m. Read more...