Thursday, December 18

UC Regent Jay Sures required to pay legal fees for pro-Palestine UCLA student

This post was updated Aug. 24 at 7:41 p.m. A court ruled Thursday that UC Regent Jay Sures must pay $150,624 of graduate student Dylan Kupsh’s legal fees after Sures unsuccessfully attempted to file a restraining order against him.  Kupsh – along with around 50 other pro-Palestine protesters – demonstrated outside Sures’ Brentwood home in February, calling him “responsible for protecting UC investments in genocide and weapons manufacturing.” Lawyers representing Sures initially alleged that Kupsh was a “ringleader” among the protesters, but were unable to prove the claim in court. Read more...

Photo: Dylan Kupsh, a UCLA graduate student (left), and another pro-Palestine activist (right) speak to Kupsh’s supporters outside the Los Angeles Metropolitan Courthouse. A court ruled Thursday that UC Regent Jay Sures must pay $150,624 of Kupsh’s legal fees after Sures unsuccessfully attempted to file a restraining order against Kupsh following his participation in a pro-Palestine protest outside Sures’ home. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Community members ask UC Regents to protect jobs, programs amid budget uncertainty

Community members, students and faculty called on the UC Board of Regents to raise staff and health care workers’ wages, protect programs impacted by losses in federal funding and reverse layoffs at the board’s July meeting. Read more...

Photo: Max Belasco, a co-chair of UCLA’s University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 chapter, speaks at a University Council-American Federation of Teachers Local 1474 protest July 15. Community members, students and faculty called on the UC Board of Regents to raise staff and health care workers’ wages, protect programs impacted by losses in federal funding and reverse layoffs at the board’s July meeting. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Regents met to discuss alumni outcomes, reporting resources, policy center

This post was updated July 27 at 8:25 p.m. The UC Board of Regents discussed alumni outcomes, considered campus reporting resources for students and introduced the UC Student and Policy Center on July 16. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents meets at UCLA. The regents discussed alumni outcomes, considered campus reporting resources for students and introduced the UC Student and Policy Center on July 16. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Regents health committee warn of One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s potential impacts

The UC Board of Regents Health Services Committee warned at its bimonthly meeting Tuesday that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cause patients at UC Health centers to lose access to Medi-Cal and experience longer wait times. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents meets at UCLA. The UC Board of Regents Health Services Committee warned at its bimonthly meeting Tuesday that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could cause patients at UC Health centers to lose access to Medi-Cal and experience longer wait times. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Regents shifts to bypass approval for increasing professional program tuition

Amid rising costs and deferred state funds, the UC Board of Regents weighed key financial decisions – including a shift that bypasses full board approval for tuition increases in professional programs – at its bimonthly meeting Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents meets at UCLA. Amid rising costs and deferred state funds, the UC Board of Regents weighed key financial decisions – including a shift that bypasses full board approval for tuition increases in professional programs – at its bimonthly meeting Wednesday. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Regents committee requests $8.7 million to fund Levering Avenue student housing

The UC Board of Regents Finance and Capital Strategies Committee recommended the allocation of over $8.7 million in funding for new UCLA student housing on Levering Avenue at its meeting Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Michael Cohen, the chair of the UC Board of Regents Finance and Capital Strategies Committee, is pictured at the Regents’ July meeting. The committee recommended the allocation of nearly $9 million in funding for new UCLA student housing on Levering Avenue on Wednesday. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)