Quarter system got you down? Have you fallen and can’t get up? Bruin Tea is a series investigating student questions and petty concerns about UCLA. The white metal chairs outside Ackerman Union and other dining locations on campus are controlled by Associated Students UCLA. Read more...
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February 3, 2:14 pm
UC librarians continue negotiating with UCOP over contracts
This post was updated Feb. 5 at 2:25 p.m. University of California librarians and the UC Office of the President have been out of contract for four months but are still negotiating. Read more...
Photo: University of California librarians fundraised for a potential strike. UC and the librarians’ union have been out of contract for over four months, with no end to negotiations in sight. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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January 31, 11:58 pm
UCLA Health pauses chair selection process to address diversity, transparency concerns
UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA administrators halted their search for a new psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences department chair to address faculty concerns about diversity, leadership logistics and transparency. Read more...
Photo: Faculty members said in two town halls that the search committee was not sufficiently diverse. Out of the 11 original members on the search committee, 10 were white and eight were men.(Anirudh Keni/Daily Bruin)
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January 30, 11:57 pm
USAC uses surplus funds for own projects, leaves the rest for student applicants
This article was updated Dec. 1 at 1:25 p.m. Student government officials split surplus funding between their own projects and student groups. The Undergraduate Students Association Council received $424,885 in surplus funding to spend at its discretion. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council allocated $170,000 in surplus funding to its offices and $150,000 to programming funds. The remaining $104,885 will be allocated to student groups. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
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January 30, 12:35 am
Former surgeon remembered for devotion to students, medical breakthroughs
Warren Grundfest is remembered for his mentorship and his work in minimally invasive surgery and electrical and biomedical engineering. Grundfest, a former chair of the Henry Samueli School of Engineering’s biomedical engineering department, died Dec. Read more...
Photo: Warren Grundfest was a professor in the department of surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine, chair of department of biomedical engineering at the school of engineering and a member of the UCLA Brain Research Institute. (Courtesy of the UCLA School of Engineering)
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January 30, 12:17 am
Ethnic studies centers celebrate 50 years, look forward to continuing their work
UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers reflected on the progress they’ve made toward promoting diversity and inclusivity since their creation 50 years ago. Since their establishment in the 1960s, the American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Chicano Studies Research Center and Ralph J. Read more...
Photo: The Institute of American Cultures is the umbrella organization that encompasses the American Indian Studies Center, Asian American Studies Center, Chicano Studies Research Center and Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies. All four centers are celebrating 50 years of activism and promotion of diversity and inclusion. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
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January 29, 3:42 pm
GSA recap – Jan. 23
The Graduate Students Association is the voice of graduate students on campus. The association meets for forum every three weeks and takes positions on current issues affecting graduate students. Read more...