This post was updated May 27 at 9:24 p.m. The UCLA Alumni Association honored seven alumni and one network for their contributions to the university and the greater community at its 2024 ceremony May 18. Read more...
Photo: The James West Alumni Center is pictured. The UCLA Alumni Association hosted a ceremony May 18 to honor seven alumni for their contributions to society. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated May 27 at 8:57 p.m. California is a long way from achieving racial equity for teachers, according to two recent studies conducted by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Education & Information Studies is pictured. The Civil Rights Project, an institute within the school, recently published two studies regarding racial equity for teachers in California. (Shane Yu/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 25 at 6:29 p.m. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Neither an unapologetic condemnation of campus antisemitism nor an acknowledgment that he should’ve cleared UCLA’s encampment sooner appeared to save Chancellor Gene Block from strong – and, at times, aggressive – questioning from federal lawmakers Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Gene Block testifies before the House Education and the Workforce Committee about antisemitism and his administration’s handling of recent protests. (Shaanth Kodialam/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated May 24 at 2:47 a.m. United Auto Workers Local 4811 called its UCLA members to strike beginning May 28. The move comes after the union – which represents academic student employees, graduate students, and academic and postdoctoral researchers – called upon its members at UC Santa Cruz to “stand up” May 20 as the first UC campus to strike. Read more...
Photo: Members of UAW 4811 – which represents academic student employees, graduate students, and academic and postdoctoral researchers – picket outside a Palestine solidarity encampment on Kerckhoff patio Thursday morning. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)
WASHINGTON — Chancellor Gene Block’s upcoming congressional testimony has stirred debate about his administration’s recent handling of protests on campus and his response to lawmakers’ efforts to investigate the university. Read more...
Photo: The United States Capitol Building is pictured. Chancellor Gene Block will testify before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce in Washington, D.C. on Thursday about his administration’s handling of protests on campus and his response to lawmakers’ efforts to investigate the university. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Rep. Ted Lieu announced the allocation of nearly $1 million to create a Quantum Information Science Hub at UCLA after President Joe Biden signed the funding into law in March. Read more...
Photo: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is pictured. Rep. Ted Lieu recently acquired nearly $1 million to create a Quantum Information Science Hub at UCLA. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)
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)
