Sunday, April 5

Protesters occupy then vacate Dodd Hall following 2nd encampment dispersal at UCLA

This post was updated May 24 at 2:13 a.m. Pro-Palestine protesters staged a sit-in inside Dodd Hall following a police-led sweep of a second Palestine solidarity encampment and a graduate student union rally earlier in the day. Read more...

Photo: Protesters stand outside Dodd Hall with a sign reading, “UCLA Faculty and Staff, we stand with our students.” An occupation and protest at Dodd Hall began this afternoon after a police-led sweep of a second Palestine solidarity encampment. (Aidan Sun/Daily Bruin)


Gene Block faces scrutiny over protest response in Congress antisemitism hearing

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)


United Auto Workers Local 4811 calls UCLA to ‘stand up,’ strike starting May 28

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)



Ahead of congressional testimony, Gene Block faces scrutiny from UCLA community

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)


Ted Lieu announces $1 million to fund UCLA Quantum Information Science Hub

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)


Race, ethnicity influences disparity in children’s mental health care, study finds

This post was updated May 27 at 9:14 p.m. UCLA researchers found that children from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds, especially those without access to primary care, are disproportionately less likely to receive mental health care. Read more...

Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured. Researchers affiliated with the School of Medicine conducted research related to disparities in children’s mental health care. (Daily Bruin file photo)