Friday, July 31

Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann talks accessibility in Regents’ Lecture

Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann spoke about the need to increase the accessibility of higher education in a Zoom lecture Thursday. Heumann has been advocating for disability rights since the 1970s and has worked on legislation including Section 504, the Individuals with Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, according to a UCLA press release. Read more...

Photo: Disability rights advocate Judith Heumann spoke with student leaders and at the Regents’ Professors and Lecturers Program to discuss the accessibility of higher education. (Screen capture by Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)


(Seth Van Matre/Daily Bruin)

Student leaders suspend sit-in, reach agreement with UCLA administrators

This post was updated March 1 at 6:51 p.m. Students’ 16-day sit-in is now over. Student leaders decided Wednesday morning to suspend their 16-day sit-in at Murphy Hall after reaching an agreement with UCLA administrators regarding their demands for increased accessibility and education equity. Read more...

Photo: After coming to an agreement with the university, student leaders suspended their sit-in at Murphy Hall. (Seth Van Matre/Daily Bruin)

(Seth Van Matre/Daily Bruin)

USAC recap – Feb. 8

The Undergraduate Students Association Council approved a resolution in support of the Buy Your Values UCLA campaign to advocate worker-friendly and environmentally sustainable apparel at UCLA stores. Read more...



USAC recap – Feb. 1

During the Undergraduate Students Association Council meeting Feb. 1, student leaders expressed their frustration with the UCLA administration’s failure to mandate universal hybrid learning options amid the return to in-person instruction. Read more...


Sit-in for improved accessibility to continue after meeting with chancellor

UCLA student leaders decided Friday to continue their sit-in at Murphy Hall after an inconclusive meeting with UCLA administrators regarding improved accessibility, education equity and retention.  Read more...

Photo: Students will continue their sit-in at Murphy Hall to push UCLA administrators to increase accessibility, equity and retention. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA students continue sit-in after unsatisfactory meeting with university leaders

This post was updated Feb. 3 at 12:46 a.m. Student leaders will continue their sit-in to advocate for improved accessibility after an unsatisfactory meeting with administrators Monday night. Read more...

Photo: Representatives from the Mother Organizations coalition, Disabled Student Union and Undergraduate Students Association Council will continue to sit in Murphy Hall until their demands are met. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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