This post was updated May 6 at 10:26 p.m. The UC Board of Regents appointed James Milliken to be the University’s next president Friday. Milliken, the current chancellor of the University of Texas system, will assume the role Aug. Read more...
Photo: James Milliken, the current chancellor of the University of Texas system, is pictured. The UC Board of Regents appointed Milliken to be the University’s next president. (Courtesy of US Department of Education/Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated April 29 at 11:12 p.m. Two UC unions have called on nearly 60,000 of their members to strike this Thursday for the third time in three months. Read more...
Photo: The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119, which represents researchers and technical workers, and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents service, patient care and skilled craft workers, strike on campus. The two unions plan to strike Thursday in response to the UC’s hiring freeze. (Brianna Carlson/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated April 27 at 10:17 p.m. UCLA researchers expressed concerns about academic funding cuts under the Trump administration. The National Institutes of Health announced it would cap indirect costs for its grants at 15%, a decline from its previous average for indirect cost rates between 27% and 28%. Read more...
Photo: A chemistry lab is pictured. Many science-based labs have been affected by the academic funding cuts. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)
Undergraduate students from the UCLA and UC Berkeley chapters of the California Health Professional Student Alliance traveled to the California State Capitol to lobby for health equity. Read more...
Photo: Members of CaHPSA at UCLA and UC Berkeley are pictured. (Courtesy of William Tarran)
Around 100 people rallied in the Shapiro Courtyard on Thursday to protest against a UCLA School of Law professor who opposes affirmative action. The rally, hosted by the Black Law Students Association and several other student organizations, protested Richard Sander, co-founder of the anti-affirmative action group Students Against Racial Discrimination, which sued the UC on Feb. Read more...
Photo: Demonstrators rally in the Shapiro Courtyard on Thursday to protest against a UCLA Law professor who opposes affirmative action. The professor, Richard Sander, is currently suing the UC, alleging that the University has engaged in illegal affirmative action admissions practices. (Selin Filiz/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated April 18 at 7:00 p.m. Two students are suing UCLA and the UC Board of Regents for allegedly discriminating against people with disabilities, thereby violating federal and state law. Read more...
Photo: A van for BruinAccess, a paratransit service, is pictured. Two students with disabilities sued UCLA and the UC regents over alleged discrimination, and one of the students reported difficulties with BruinAccess. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated April 16 at 11:12 a.m. Two UC unions called on their members to strike May 1 for the fourth time this academic year. Read more...
Photo: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 and the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 strike at UCLA. The two unions announced they will strike across the UC on May 1. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
