This post was updated July 7 at 6:16 p.m. The University of California has a new president. The UC Board of Regents unanimously approved Michael Drake as the next UC president at their July 7 meeting. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents appointed Michael Drake as the next UC president at their July 7 special meeting. He will be the university’s first Black president. (Screen capture by Ashley Kenney/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated July 5 at 10:46 p.m. The UCLA School of Dentistry failed to provide its faculty and residents sufficient protection against COVID-19 by violating established safety protocols and guidelines, residents and faculty said. Read more...
Photo: The School of Dentistry did not provide residents or faculty proper protective equipment, multiple residents and faculty said. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UCLA Blood and Platelet Center is facing a blood supply shortage amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The UCLA BPC provides blood to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and the Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center, said Dawn Ward, medical director of UCLA BPC. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Blood and Platelet Center is facing a shortage of blood donations. The blood collected is used by the medical centers around UCLA. Medical procedures and surgeries have increased since May. Courtesy of Noah Danesh (Daily Bruin contributor)
The University of California’s largest labor union organized a statewide protest Wednesday against UC-wide layoffs related to the coronavirus pandemic. “UC, UC, you’re no good, treat your workers like you should,” chanted dozens of unionized employees outside the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Dozens of protesters gathered outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday in protest of coronavirus-related layoffs across the University of California. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
As students and their families face reduced income because of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic, many are becoming more vulnerable to food insecurity. Tabitha Romero, a fourth-year political science student, was the first in her family to graduate from college, but her celebratory moment is mixed with anxieties for the future and the looming realities of food insecurity. Read more...
Photo: UCLA programs help students alleviate basic needs concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The University of California Board of Regents unanimously voted to endorse affirmative action at a special regents meeting Monday. The board accepted UC President Janet Napolitano and Regent Chair John Pérez’s recommendation to endorse Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 in a vote 17-0 and the repeal of Proposition 209 in a vote 19-0. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents unanimously voted to endorse Assembly Constitutional Amendment 5 and the repeal of Proposition 209 at a special regents meeting Monday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
There may be negative consequences if the Supreme Court decides to scale back or terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, said UCLA faculty. Experts in labor studies, urban planning and law said ending DACA, the program that defers deportation for undocumented immigrants who arrived in the United States as minors, will have adverse effects on DACA recipients, immigrant communities and on society as a whole. Read more...
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