Friday, April 10

UC employees reflect on UAW strike’s impact on their future in academia

For Rebecca Glasberg, the change students were able to enact through the UC graduate student worker strike was inspiring. As a former public school teacher in Virginia – where teachers do not have the legal right to go on strike – she felt empowered by her newfound ability to strike despite the delay in research and disconnect from her students. Read more...

Photo: A crowd at the UC graduate student worker strike is pictured. Many graduate student workers plan to continue working in academia despite the issues shown before, during and after the strike. (Christine Kao/Daily Bruin staff)


Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic confronts structural racism in US immigration law

The Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic at the UCLA School of Law is fighting the racist history of United States immigration law. The clinic provides law students with the chance to gain experience with immigration law and policy through research and advocacy opportunities, as well as through work with community organizations, said Talia Inlender, the Center for Immigration Law and Policy’s deputy director. Read more...

Photo: A photo of members of the Immigrants’ Rights Policy Clinic testifying at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights hearing on race and migration. (Courtesy of Bryan Giardinelli)


Students express uncertainty, frustration with postgrad employment

Some graduating Bruins seeking employment are concerned about economic uncertainty and drastic changes in the labor market. Despite a year of interest rate hikes and numerous layoffs in certain job sectors, the unemployment rate in April was 3.4%, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report. Read more...

Photo: (Isabella Lee/Daily Bruin senior staff)


California, LA task forces to recommend reparations for Black residents

This post was updated June 12 at 2:15 a.m. Task forces representing California and Los Angeles will make recommendations to the California Legislature to compensate and formally apologize to residents who are descendants of slavery. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the California State Capitol. (Wikimedia Commons photo by Thomas W. Toolanvia via Upload Wizard)



UCLA Global Siblings program brings Bruins together from across the world

For Jasmine Mundo, the most valuable lessons she learned at UCLA came not from the classroom but from meeting students around the world. The UCLA Global Siblings program, which is run by the UCLA Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars, aims to pair UCLA students from the United States with international Bruins to learn about each other’s cultures, according to the program’s website. Read more...

Photo: (Anna Richardson/Daily Bruin)


Community advocates discuss plans, hopes for Disability Cultural Center

Advocates for the UCLA disabled community are working to establish a Disability Cultural Center that will offer a space for disabled empowerment, provide academic and career resources for disabled students, and celebrate disabled culture and history. Read more...

Photo: The “death stairs” on the Hill are pictured. The newly created Disability Cultural Center may be located on the Hill, which many disabled students said is inaccessible, until it can find a permanent location. (Joseph Jimenez/Photo editor)