This post was updated Oct. 25 at 10:08 p.m. The University of California Research and Innovation division in the Office of the President hosted a webinar Oct. Read more...
Photo: Powell Library is pictured. The University of California Research and Innovation division in the Office of the President held a webinar on climate research on Sunday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The University of California Board of Regents appointed UC San Diego alumnus Katherine Newman as University of California provost and executive vice president for academic affairs on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents appointed Katherine Newman (pictured) as UC provost. (Courtesy of Danh Nguyen and Andrew Kubica/The Boston Headshot)
This post was updated Jan. 28 at 4:12 p.m. A UCLA School of Law research project aims to analyze restrictions on critical race theory, which has sparked controversy in local school districts and K-12 classrooms across the country. Read more...
UCLA has been using a service to monitor social media posts since 2018 without significant public notice. The university was one of at least 37 colleges and universities identified in a recent investigation by the Dallas Morning News into the use of Social Sentinel, a service schools can use to monitor students’ public social media accounts for potential threats to campus safety. Read more...
Photo: A phone sits on a chair. A recent investigation by the Dallas Morning News uncovered that UCLA has contracted with Detect, formerly known as Social Sentinel, a service that allows universities to monitor social media content. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)
University of California academic worker unions jointly hosted a climate and transportation town hall Sept. 28, facilitating discussion between politicians and scientists about union demands regarding transit affordability and sustainability. Read more...
Photo: United Auto Workers 2865 and 5810 and Student Researchers United-UAW hosted a Sept. 28 town hall that brought together politicians, union members and scientists to discuss the unions’ demands for the UC to make new efforts to promote accessible and sustainable transportation for workers. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The University of California announced Monday that officials had reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract with the Teamsters Local 2010 union. According to the press release, the contract would affect more than 11,000 administrative staff – such as clerical employees – and will be effective from July 2022 to June 2026 once approved by union members. Read more...
Photo: On Monday, the University of California announced an agreement to a tentative new contract with the Teamsters Local 2010 union, newly addressing salary progression, fair compensation and accessible health insurance. (Megan Cai/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Oct. 12 at 11:11 a.m. Editor’s note: This post has been updated to clarify the details of a letter described in the story. Read more...
Photo: Li Cai, a member of the UCLA Academic Senate’s Committee on Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools and professor of education and psychology, broke Academic Senate policy. Cai leaked internal communications regarding a proposed ethnic studies requirement for UC freshman undergraduate admission. (Daily Bruin file photo)
