This post was updated Jan. 30 at 10:01 p.m. Academic workers reached an agreement with the UC on Monday to increase wages and employment rates for graduate student researchers. Read more...
Photo: United Auto Workers strikers protesting at UCLA in November 2022 are pictured. Graduate student researchers will receive raises up to $10,000 after an agreement was reached Monday by UAW and the UC. (Myka Fromm/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 25 at 10:00 p.m. The UC Board of Regents shelved a first-in-the-nation proposal Thursday to establish on-campus job opportunities for thousands of students throughout the state without legal immigration status. In his initial remarks, UC President Michael Drake said the plan was not viable, citing potential legal ramifications and risks that the program could present for undocumented students and University officials, including deportation or civil penalties. Read more...
Photo: Students marching on campus in November in favor of Opportunity for All, a campaign to open up on-campus job opportunities to students without legal status, are pictured. The UC Board of Regents rejected the effort Thursday. (Brandon Morquecho/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 23 at 11:50 p.m. Over a dozen student activists from across the UC system launched a hunger strike Tuesday, hoping to pressure the UC Board of Regents to follow through on its promises to open on-campus employment opportunities for the University’s nearly 4,000 students without legal status. The escalation is the latest development in the “Opportunity for All” campaign backed by progressive legal scholars and undocumented student organizers, which was launched in October 2022 at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Undocumented students protest the UC Regents at UC San Francisco. The students, representing the “Opportunity for All” campaign, launched a hunger strike on Tuesday calling on the regents to allow students without legal status to apply for on-campus jobs. (Courtesy of Hayley Burgess)
Nearly 100 people gathered Friday afternoon to call on the UC to divest from weapons manufacturing and condemn recent airstrikes in Yemen. The protest – organized by UC Divest Coalition at UCLA – began at 2 p.m. Read more...
Photo: Protestors listen to a speech during a rally held in the Court of Sciences on Friday. The rally was held to condemn the United States and United Kingdom for airstrikes on Yemen. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)
The UC Board of Regents opened its application to become the 2025-2026 student regent. The selected student regent will serve next year for a one-year, nonvoting term as regent-designate, which is followed by a one-year, full-voting term through 2026. Read more...
Photo: The Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is pictured. The UC Board of Regents opened the application to become the 2025-2026 student regent. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Community members have called for an expansion of UCLA’s daily parking program, citing environmental and congestion reasons. UCLA currently offers students a long-term quarterly parking option, where students pay $302.28 for an allocated spot, and an option to buy daily parking permits. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA parking garage is pictured. Community members have called for a different approach to UCLA’s parking system by looking at different universities’ policies. (Daily Bruin file photo)
U.S. News & World Report listed UCLA’s student-faculty ratio at 19-1, a ratio far higher than some private universities in California. The September report found that although UCLA is in a similar range to other UC campuses, it still differs significantly in comparison to other top-ranked universities such as the University of Southern California and Stanford, which have student-faculty ratios of 9-1 and 6-1, respectively. Read more...
