This post was updated April 6 at 11:08 p.m. The United States government has revoked the visas of multiple students across the UC, including at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The Tom Bradley International Hall is pictured. The Trump administration revoked the visas of multiple international UC students, including multiple at UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 30 at 9:51 p.m. The Department of Justice announced an investigation into UCLA on Thursday for the alleged use of affirmative action when admitting students. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA campus is pictured. The Department of Justice announced Thursday that it would investigate UCLA for the use of affirmative action when admitting students.(Daily Bruin file photo)
The UC announced Wednesday that it will no longer require diversity statements as part of hiring processes. The University has asked job applicants to explain how they would contribute to diversity, equity and inclusion at the university since the 2000s, according to the Los Angeles Times. Read more...
Photo: A letter to campus leaders from Katherine Newman, the UC provost and executive vice chancellor of academic affairs, is pictured. In the letter, Newman outlined changes to University hiring practices when it comes to diversity.(Zimo Li/Photo editor)
The UC announced it would implement a systemwide hiring freeze in response to recent federal and state policies which threaten to cut the University’s budget. UC President Michael Drake announced the move in a Wednesday email, saying that recent policies implemented by President Donald Trump’s administration endanger the University’s education, medical and research funds. Read more...
Photo: UC President Michael Drake is pictured. Drake announced in a systemwide email Wednesday that the University will implement a hiring freeze and other cost-saving measures in response to federal and state policies that threaten to cut UC funding. (Anna Dai-Liu/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The United States Department of Justice filed a statement of interest Monday in support of three Jewish students and a faculty member in their lawsuit against UCLA. Read more...
Photo: Pro-Palestine protesters stand inside the first Palestine solidarity encampment. The United States Department of Justice filed a statement of interest supporting three Jewish students and a faculty member in their lawsuit, which alleged that UCLA allowed for the existence of an antisemitic campus environment during the encampment. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
A panel of legal experts warned that recent federal executive orders threaten reproductive and gender rights during a UCLA School of Law event March 6. The panel – hosted by the UCLA Law Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, in partnership with Yale Law School’s Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice and Temple University Beasley School of Law – discussed issues in the growing fight for gender and reproductive justice under the new Trump administration. Read more...
Photo: Speakers discuss reproductive justice during March 6 event at the UCLA School of Law. (Jeannie Kim/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Kaylee Johnson is open about her father’s far-right radicalization. Johnson was featured in the documentary “Dear Kelly,” released Jan. 15 and directed by Andrew Callaghan – an independent journalist and creator of “Channel 5” on YouTube. Read more...
Photo: Kaylee Johnson holds her cat Poppy in a room at the University Cooperative Housing Association. The 2023 sociology graduate’s father – Kelly Johnson – was the subject of Andrew Callaghan’s new documentary “Dear Kelly,” which follows Kelly’s journey to far-right radicalization. (Max Zhang/Daily Bruin)
