This post was updated May 29 at 10:07 p.m. United Auto Workers Local 4811 began its strike at UCLA on Tuesday with picketing at 9 a.m. Read more...
Photo: Members of United Auto Workers Local 4811 picket at Dickson Plaza. The union voted to authorize a strike May 15, with 79% of participating members voting in favor of the action. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)
A common stereotype of scientists is that they are poor at writing. A quick internet search brings up a Reddit post that proclaims, “90% of scientific writers absolutely suck at writing.” However, while stereotypes about scientists have long existed, science communication – which focuses on the translation of scientific information to a variety of scientific and nonscientific audiences – has gained more attention in recent years, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more...
This post was updated May 25 at 6:29 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Neither an unapologetic condemnation of campus antisemitism nor an acknowledgment that he should’ve cleared UCLA’s encampment sooner appeared to save Chancellor Gene Block from strong – and, at times, aggressive – questioning from federal lawmakers Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Gene Block testifies before the House Education and the Workforce Committee about antisemitism and his administration’s handling of recent protests. (Shaanth Kodialam/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 24 at 2:47 a.m. United Auto Workers Local 4811 called its UCLA members to strike beginning May 28. The move comes after the union – which represents academic student employees, graduate students, and academic and postdoctoral researchers – called upon its members at UC Santa Cruz to “stand up” May 20 as the first UC campus to strike. Read more...
Photo: Members of UAW 4811 – which represents academic student employees, graduate students, and academic and postdoctoral researchers – picket outside a Palestine solidarity encampment on Kerckhoff patio Thursday morning. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
WASHINGTON — Chancellor Gene Block’s upcoming congressional testimony has stirred debate about his administration’s recent handling of protests on campus and his response to lawmakers’ efforts to investigate the university. Read more...
Photo: The United States Capitol Building is pictured. Chancellor Gene Block will testify before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in Washington, D.C. on Thursday about his administration’s handling of protests on campus and his response to lawmakers’ efforts to investigate the university. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 19 at 11:16 p.m. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers announced Thursday that it filed an unfair labor practice charge against the University. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is a collage of University Council-American Federation of Teachers’ 2021 rally during ongoing negotiations with the UC and the Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA in Dickson Plaza prior to its disbanding by law enforcement. (Left to right: Daily Bruin file photo, Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 19 at 11:19 p.m. UCLA Health received approval to increase the number of acute care inpatient beds in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. UCLA Health is set to increase the number of acute care inpatient beds on the fourth floor of the medical center. (Daily Bruin file photo)
