The Undergraduate Students Association Council held its second meeting of May virtually Tuesday. USAC is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Read more...
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May 17, 6:16 pm
Votes to censure, express no confidence in Gene Block fail in UCLA Academic Senate
This post was updated May 19 at 11:05 p.m. The UCLA Academic Senate failed to pass both a vote to censure and a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Gene Block in its Thursday meeting. The resolution of no confidence in Block received 43% of votes in favor, and the resolution to censure Block received 50% of votes in favor, according to an email sent to senate faculty from Linda Sarna, the senate’s secretary. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Gene Block is pictured. The UCLA Academic Senate failed to reach the required vote amount of 50% plus one in favor to pass the resolutions to censure and express no confidence in Block. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)
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May 17, 3:54 pm
UC-AFT files unfair labor practice charge against UC
This post was updated May 19 at 11:16 p.m. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers announced Thursday that it filed an unfair labor practice charge against the University. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is a collage of University Council-American Federation of Teachers’ 2021 rally during ongoing negotiations with the UC and the Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA in Dickson Plaza prior to its disbanding by law enforcement. (Left to right: Daily Bruin file photo, Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
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May 16, 10:20 pm
Ying-Ying Meng remembered as kind researcher who mentored public health scholars
Ying-Ying Meng, the former director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, died April 11. She was 68. Meng, who began working at the center in 2000, also served as a senior research scientist and the co-director of the CHPR’s Chronic Disease Program. Read more...
Photo: Ying-Ying Meng, the former director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, died April 11. She was 68. (Courtesy of Mike Fricano/UCLA Center for Health Policy Research)
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May 16, 7:57 pm
UC Regents approve acute care bed expansion at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
This post was updated May 19 at 11:19 p.m. UCLA Health received approval to increase the number of acute care inpatient beds in the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is pictured. UCLA Health is set to increase the number of acute care inpatient beds on the fourth floor of the medical center. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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May 16, 5:24 pm
Nakba Day demonstration at UCLA recognizes Palestinian displacement, resistance
Editor’s note: This post was updated on March 14 at 2:23 p.m. to provide retroactive anonymity to a source due to safety concerns. Around 200 students and community members gathered at the base of Janss Steps on Wednesday to commemorate 76 years of Palestinian resistance. Read more...
Photo: Participants of the Nakba Day event Wednesday join an Armenian social dance that correlates to themes of resistance and liberation. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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May 15, 7:21 pm
United Auto Workers Local 4811 votes to authorize strike
This post was updated May 17 at 3:09 p.m. United Auto Workers Local 4811 announced Wednesday that its membership voted to authorize a strike if its leadership deems it necessary – calling on its UC Santa Cruz membership Friday to “stand up” as the first campus to strike Monday. Read more...
Photo: Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers represented by United Auto Workers Local 4811 march through the Court of Sciences on May 9 with a banner representing their former union, UAW Local 5810. UAW Local 4811 voted Wednesday to authorize a strike in response to the University’s use of force toward students in Palestine solidarity encampments across the UC system. (Zoraiz Irshad/Daily Bruin senior staff)