This post was updated at 5:50 p.m. A former UCLA researcher who filed an unlawful dismissal lawsuit in 2012 will be paid $140,000 and have his termination rescinded as part of a settlement reached with the University of California Board of Regents on Wednesday. Read more...
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Following a legislative committee vote Wednesday, the state plans to audit the University of California’s nonresident enrollment practices and see how much each campus spends per student. Read more...
University of California officials said this week that a University-wide payroll and human resources project is now two years behind schedule and will cost millions more than originally expected. Read more...
Janelle Cohen sat on the floor of her apartment surrounded by scrapbook paper, index cards, old ribbon, markers and 14 boxes of feminine hygiene pads last week, making her first packages for We Care, a feminine care product drive for Los Angeles women in homeless shelters. Read more...
Photo: Janelle Cohen, a fourth-year theater student, started We Care, a feminine care product drive for Los Angeles women in homeless shelters. She distributed her batch of products to the Good Shepherd Shelter on Wednesday. (Miriam Bribiesca/Daily Bruin)
Los Angeles transportation officials plan to launch a new pricing system for Westwood’s parking meters in the coming months, allowing meters to change their prices depending on the time of day. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles Department of Transportation officials are set to bring a new type of parking meter to Westwood in the coming months. The smart meters would change their prices depending on the time of day, with the highest prices coming between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. (Maryrose Kulick/Daily Bruin)
The graduate student government voted Wednesday to reduce the number of signatures that candidates must collect to run for office from 50 to 30. The Graduate Students Association Election Code amendment, which passed with a 12-4-0 vote, aims to increase the number of candidates running in elections and in turn improve voter turnout by making it a bigger race, said Patrick Adler, GSA election commissioner. Read more...
A state legislator introduced a state Assembly bill last week that would cap annual compensation for all University of California employees at $500,000 a year. Assembly Bill 837 was introduced by Assemblyman Roger Hernández, who said he thinks capping employee compensation will free up more University resources for students, according to a press statement Wednesday. Read more...
