Tuesday, May 13

UCLA Prison Education Program brings college courses to incarcerated individuals

After being incarcerated as a juvenile, Abel Diaz didn’t see college as an option until he took classes through the UCLA Prison Education Program. “It kind of allowed us to escape from the predicament that we were in at the time. Read more...

Photo: Program coordinators and participants of the UCLA Prison Education Program come together in a classroom. The UCLA Prison Education Program gives incarcerated individuals access to postsecondary education. (Courtesy of Claudia Peña/Co-director of the UCLA Prison Education Program)


University of California fully recognizes student researchers union

This post was updated Jan. 18 at 7:46 p.m. The University of California officially recognized the student researchers union in its entirety in December. Student Researchers United-United Auto Workers, a union that represents more than 17,000 UC student researchers, announced in a press release that the University agreed to recognize a union including student researchers, trainees and fellows Dec. Read more...

Photo: Student Researchers United-United Auto Workers held rallies across all University of California campuses during the fall quarter. (Ariana Fadel/Daily Bruin staff)





UC grant integrates Indigenous voices in reshaping view of colonial missions

A critical mission studies grant program funded by the University of California to help researchers rewrite the history of the California colonial mission system is coming to a close. Read more...

Photo: Critical missions studies, a grant funded by the University of California, fosters collaboration between academics and Indigenous communities to reframe how the history of the colonial mission system in California is discussed. (Jason Zhu/Daily Bruin staff)


Lecturers’ union celebrates new contract with UC after canceled strike

Pizza, music and smiles crowded Bruin Plaza on Wednesday afternoon, hours after the University of California announced its new contract with the lecturers’ union. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers and the UC came to a tentative agreement Wednesday morning on a new five-year contract, hours before the union was scheduled to begin striking across all campuses in demonstration of its demands. Read more...

Photo: AFT President Randi Weingarten and UC-AFT President Mia McIver stand on stage together during the union’s rally Wednesday. (Kyle Kotanchek/Daily Bruin)



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