Sunday, April 19

UC basic needs programs might be in danger. What now?

SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly half of all UC undergraduates and one-third of graduate students are currently facing food insecurity, according to data presented at a UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Katherine Newman, the UC’s provost and executive vice president of academic affairs, is pictured at UC San Francisco. Nearly half of all UC undergraduates and one-third of graduate students are currently facing food insecurity, according to data presented at a UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Committee recommends removal of Chávez’s name from Chicana/o studies department

This post was updated March 29 at 8:09 p.m. UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, following a New York Times investigation that revealed his alleged sex abuse.  The committee – which received the request from the department Wednesday – sent its recommendation to Chancellor Julio Frenk and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, according to a Friday letter obtained by the Daily Bruin. Read more...

Photo: A statement issued by UCLA’s Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies – in which it announced that it voted to remove Cesár E. Chávez’s name from its title – appears on a computer screen. UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, according to a recommendation letter obtained by the Daily Bruin. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


United Auto Workers units finalize agreements with UC, avoid strike

This post was updated March 24 at 9:10 a.m. Three United Auto Workers units ratified contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining.  The three units – UAW Local 4811’s academic student employees unit, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW – represent more than 40,000 UC academic and research employees, including teaching assistants. Read more...

Photo: Members of UC’s United Auto Workers units protest outside Royce Hall. Three UAW units voted to ratify contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


UC investment officer discusses assets, what constitutes war-related investments

Pro-Palestine students and advocates have called on the UC to disclose and divest from companies allegedly associated with the Israeli military. But at a Tuesday UC Board of Regents meeting, the UC’s Chief Investment Officer said he believes it is difficult to consider what constitutes supporting war – whether directly or tangentially – when it comes to the University’s investments, especially with regard to U.S. Read more...

Photo: Jagdeep Singh Bachher (center), the UC’s chief investment officer, is pictured. Bachher said he believes it is difficult to consider what constitutes supporting war – whether directly or tangentially – when it comes to the University’s investments, especially with regard to U.S. companies. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC Regents committee recommends $351 million for UCLA student housing project

This post was updated March 19 at 1:15 p.m. The UC Board of Regents’s Finance and Capital Strategies Committee recommended a budget of $351 million to build new UCLA student housing on Levering Ave. Read more...

Photo: Michael Cohen, the chair of the UC Board of Regents Finance and Capital Strategies Committee, sits next to other UC Regents at their March meeting. The committee he chairs recommended an allocation of $351 million on Wednesday to fund new student housing. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC approves $298.2 million budget to convert LA building into UCLA Health complex

The UC Board of Regents approved a $298.2 million budget Wednesday to convert a Los Angeles building into a UCLA Health complex. The project will convert an office building in El Segundo into UCLA Health South Bay, which will house a Sports Medicine Institute and create community fill and specialty pharmacies. Read more...

Photo: Michael Cohen, the chair of the UC Board of Regent’s finance and capital strategies committee, is pictured. The UC Board of Regents approved a $298.2 million budget to convert a Los Angeles building into a UCLA Health complex during the committee’s Wednesday meeting. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC reaches tentative agreements with 3 United Auto Workers units

The UC reached tentative agreements with three United Auto Workers units that had threatened to strike, the units announced Friday. The tentative agreement, if approved, will become the first contracts for Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW and Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW, which were officially recognized by the University in April and September, respectively. Read more...

Photo: Members of United Auto Workers’ UC units stand outside Royce Hall at a picket on Thursday. The UC reached tentative agreements with three UAW units that had threatened to strike, the units announced Friday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)