Wednesday, July 2

UC community members share support for bill simplifying student aid application

University of California community members said a bill simplifying the federal student financial aid application and increasing funding for the California Middle Class Scholarship will expand financial aid eligibility and work toward providing a debt-free education. Read more...

Photo: A Free Application for Federal Student Aid application outside of Murphy Hall. Changes to the FAFSA application were introduced in 2020 and will start going into effect July 2023. (Kanishka Mehra/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA report finds LBQ women overrepresented in foster care, carceral systems

Lesbian and bisexual girls and women, especially from Black and American Indian populations, are overrepresented in the foster care and carceral systems, UCLA researchers said. The Williams Institute at the School of Law released a report in April that found that the proportion of lesbian, bisexual and queer girls and women is 3% higher in the foster care system, 24% higher in the juvenile detention system and 30% higher in the prison system than in the general population. Read more...

Photo: The Williams Institute at the School of Law released a report in April about the disproportionate number of lesbian, bisexual and queer women in foster care and carceral systems. (Sakshi Joglekar/Assistant Photo editor)


Nurses demonstrate for safer working conditions ahead of UC contract negotiations

More than 30 nurses rallied outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday night to advocate for improved working conditions ahead of impending contract negotiations. The rally was one of several held across University of California hospitals that day, including UCLA Health’s Westwood location and the UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, said Emily Carrera, a registered nurse in the labor and delivery division. Read more...

Photo: Nurses chant and wave signs as they walk outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. The rally was one of many Wednesday night calling for better working conditions, held at multiple UC medical centers across the state. (Victoria Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC union workers rally for fair wages on Wilshire, Westwood boulevards

This post was updated May 1 at 8:57 p.m. University of California union members picketed at the intersection of Wilshire and Westwood boulevards on Tuesday to call for fair wages and affordable university housing, resulting in 26 arrests.  The rally began at 1 p.m. Read more...

Photo: Twenty-six union members sit at the center of the Westwood-Wilshire intersection as hundreds of protesters circle around them. Union members chanted slogans such as “What’s outrageous, poverty wages.” (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin)




UC makes progress on Community Safety Plan implementation

This post was updated April 20 at 10:37 p.m. The University of California has implemented many of its Community Safety Plan goals, including the formation of advisory work groups, but is still awaiting the findings of multiple reports. Read more...

Photo: University of California Office of the President spokesperson Stett Holbrook said the UC has made progress in implementing its Community Safety Plan goals, including increasing community involvement in public safety decisions and reforming UC campus policing. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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