University of California faculty members said they are still adjusting to in-person classes after transitioning back from online instruction. Faculty across all UC campuses faced changing rules and regulations regarding their respective campus’s COVID-19 policies. Read more...
Photo: A laptop logged into a Zoom class sits on a table. University of California faculty members expressed their thoughts about the return to in-person instruction. (Jeremy Chen/Daily Bruin staff)
The University of California Student Association, which works on advocacy surrounding tuition rates, student voter education and student access to resources, celebrated its 50th anniversary in February. Read more...
Photo: (Kimi Jung/Daily Bruin)
University of California Board of Regents member Richard Blum died Sunday evening at the age of 86 after a long medical history with cancer. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Blum’s wife, released a statement Monday morning announcing his death. “My heart is broken today,” Feinstein said in the statement. Read more...
Photo: University of California Regent Richard Blum died Sunday at the age of 86. (Creative Commons photo by Jonathan Khoo via Flickr)
This post was updated Feb. 28 at 12:29 a.m. UCLA received the largest number of applications across the University of California system for the second year in a row for fall 2022, but systemwide transfer applications decreased by almost 6,000. Read more...
Photo: UCLA received a record number of applications for fall 2022, increasing for the second year in a row. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Feb. 23 at 8:44 a.m. Student workers, supporters and members of University of California labor unions rallied Thursday to demand affordable housing. Read more...
Photo: Rally attendees stand outside of Murphy Hall. Multiple University of California labor unions called for more affordable housing options Thursday. (Megan Cai/Daily Bruin)
University of California students and faculty expressed support for a proposed bill that would lend $5 billion to construct affordable housing while also urging the UC to find more solutions for systemwide housing shortages. Read more...
Photo: The Landfair apartments are one of the multiple university-owned housing options for UCLA students. University of California community members are calling for more systemwide efforts to address student housing shortages. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
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)
