A new study hall and eatery opened to UCLA students on the Hill on Sunday. More than 100 people attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Study at Hedrick. Read more...
Photo: The former Hedrick dining hall reopened as The Study at Hedrick, which is expected to provide an alternative to libraries and study lounges for students on the Hill. (Kristie Hoang/Daily Bruin)
University of California president Janet Napolitano said the proposed tuition hikes will not affect most students and that she does not expect President-elect Donald Trump’s administration to retaliate against the UC for supporting undocumented students. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano defended a proposed tuition increase as necessary to ensure quality in education in a teleconference with student reporters Friday. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
The University of California Student Association is composed of representatives from most undergraduate and graduate student governments in the University of California. The organization’s Board of Directors held its monthly meeting at UCLA on Jan. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Student Association met for its monthly board meeting at UCLA, where members spoke against a proposed tuition hike. (Miriam Bribiesca/Photo editor)
“Holding positions in my sorority filters into being a good officer, and it is making me better at time managing and at balancing my life out,” says second-year psychobiology student Madison Haneke. Read more...
University of California officials announced plans Wednesday to increase tuition for the first time in six years. The UC Regents will vote on the $282 increase at its bimonthly board meeting at UC San Francisco from Jan. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Regents will vote on the first in-state tuition increase in six years at their board meeting later this month. (Mackenzie Possee/Assistant Photo editor)
Skilled trade workers will strike for five days at UCLA after failing to reach agreement on wages with the university. Teamsters Local 2010, the union representing the workers, voted in December to hold the strike, which will last from Friday to Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: Teamsters held a 24-hour strike in November for higher wages for skilled trade workers. The union will hold a five-day strike starting this Friday for the same reason. (Eda Gokcebay/Daily Bruin)
A consultant for a pharmaceutical company falsely claimed to be a UCLA professor in a paper about EpiPen pricing. The American Journal of Medicine published the paper by Leonard Fromer, a former volunteer assistant professor of family medicine, in December that advocated for adding the allergy medication EpiPen to a federal list of preventive medical services. Read more...
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