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March 20, 11:20 pm

UC basic needs programs might be in danger. What now?

SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly half of all UC undergraduates and one-third of graduate students are currently facing food insecurity, according to data presented at a UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. Read more...

Photo: Katherine Newman, the UC’s provost and executive vice president of academic affairs, is pictured at UC San Francisco. Nearly half of all UC undergraduates and one-third of graduate students are currently facing food insecurity, according to data presented at a UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)

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March 20, 8:04 pm

Committee recommends removal of Chávez’s name from Chicana/o studies department

This post was updated March 29 at 8:09 p.m. UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, following a New York Times investigation that revealed his alleged sex abuse.  The committee – which received the request from the department Wednesday – sent its recommendation to Chancellor Julio Frenk and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, according to a Friday letter obtained by the Daily Bruin. Read more...

Photo: A statement issued by UCLA’s Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies – in which it announced that it voted to remove Cesár E. Chávez’s name from its title – appears on a computer screen. UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, according to a recommendation letter obtained by the Daily Bruin. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)

Academics, Higher Education, News, UC

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March 20, 6:54 pm

United Auto Workers units finalize agreements with UC, avoid strike

This post was updated March 24 at 9:10 a.m. Three United Auto Workers units ratified contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining.  The three units – UAW Local 4811’s academic student employees unit, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW – represent more than 40,000 UC academic and research employees, including teaching assistants. Read more...

Photo: Members of UC’s United Auto Workers units protest outside Royce Hall. Three UAW units voted to ratify contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)

Higher Education, News, Regents

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March 20, 1:41 am

Attending UCLA’s School of Dentistry is going to get more expensive

SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents approved a tuition increase for UCLA’s dentistry program at its Wednesday meeting. The academic and student affairs committee approved the tuition increase for the dentistry program – as well as for a nursing program at UC Irvine and pharmacy programs at UCI and UC San Francisco – at its bimonthly meeting, held Tuesday and Wednesday at UCSF. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Dental Clinics building is pictured. The UC Board of Regents approved a tuition increase for UCLA’s dentistry program at its Wednesday meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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March 19, 12:04 am

UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department votes to remove César E. Chávez from its name

This post was updated March 19 at 10:45 a.m. UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name following sexual abuse allegations against the labor leader. Read more...

Photo: Bunche Hall, which houses UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department, is pictured. The department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name amid sexual abuse allegations against the labor leader. However, only Chancellor Julio Frenk and UC President James Milliken have the authority to rename UCLA properties and programs, according to University policy. (Amelia Chief/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Higher Education, National, News

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March 15, 3:19 pm

‘Just trying to advance your work’: Mark Tramo’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein

A UCLA professor sought donations from and spoke about his scientific research with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the financier’s initial 2008 conviction, according to U.S. Read more...

Photo: Schoenberg Hall, one building where Mark Tramo – an associate adjunct professor of neurology – has taught, is pictured. A UCLA professor sought donations from and spoke about his scientific research with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the financier’s initial 2008 conviction, according to U.S. Department of Justice documents. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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March 13, 10:30 pm

UC reaches tentative agreements with 3 United Auto Workers units

The UC reached tentative agreements with three United Auto Workers units that had threatened to strike, the units announced Friday. The tentative agreement, if approved, will become the first contracts for Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW and Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW, which were officially recognized by the University in April and September, respectively. Read more...

Photo: Members of United Auto Workers’ UC units stand outside Royce Hall at a picket on Thursday. The UC reached tentative agreements with three UAW units that had threatened to strike, the units announced Friday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


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