The expiration of the University of California’s contract with a major publisher of scientific and medical research may have had less impact than expected, UC librarians and researchers said. Read more...
Photo: The UC and science journal publisher Elsevier’s contract expired Jan. 1, 2019. Since then, UCLA researchers and librarians said the lack of access to Elsevier articles has had less of an impact than expected. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA’s Centennial Campaign raised $5.49 billion in one of the largest fundraising campaigns ever run by a public university, UCLA announced Wednesday. The university met its goal of $4.20 billion in July 2018, 18 months earlier than planned, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: UCLA raised $5.49 billion as part of its Centennial Campaign, the university announced Wednesday. The fundraising drive, which began in 2014, reached its initial goal of $4.2 billion by July 2018. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 5 at 2:42 p.m. The University of California filed unfair labor practice charges against a student worker union Tuesday in response to strikes at UC Santa Cruz. Read more...
Photo: The University of California filed unfair labor practice charges against United Auto Workers Local 2865, which represents UC student workers, for failing to stop unauthorized strikes by UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers. (Bernard Mendez/Daily Bruin)
A lawsuit threatens the future of a post-graduate work program for international students, potentially impacting those hoping to study in the United States. The Optional Practical Training program allows international students who have F-1 statuses and student visas to work in the U.S. Read more...
Photo: A Washington labor union is challenging the Optional Practice Training program, which allows international students with student visas to work in the United States after graduation. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UC Santa Cruz announced Monday that it will provide all Master of Fine Arts and doctoral students with a retroactive housing supplement following strikes at the Santa Cruz campus over the last few weeks. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate students showed their support for graduate students striking at UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday by calling in sick. UC Santa Cruz said Monday that it will provide MFA and doctoral students with a $2,500 retroactive housing supplement for the 2019-2020 year. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The University of California Graduate and Professional Council has agreed to meet with UC President Janet Napolitano but will not negotiate contracts in response to strikes at UC Santa Cruz. Read more...
Photo: UCLA graduate students rallied in support of students striking at UC Santa Cruz on Wednesday by calling in sick. University of California President Janet Napolitano said in a statement Friday that she offered to meet with the UC Graduate and Professional Council to discuss student concerns. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA graduate students rallied Wednesday in solidarity with graduate student strikers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Ucla4Cola organization rallied in the Court of Sciences, with dozens of students and faculty members gathering in solidarity with student strikers at UCSC. Read more...
Photo: Hannah Appel, an assistant professor of anthropology at UCLA, tells protesting graduate students that almost 100 faculty members signed a letter of nonretaliation for withholding grades. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
