UCLA administrators addressed academic student workers’ plans for a Monday strike in a campuswide email Wednesday. The workers’ union United Auto Workers represents around 48,000 University of California teaching assistants, student researchers and other academic workers. Read more...
Photo: Members of the United Auto Workers rally on UCLA’s campus. The academic student workers union authorized a strike that will begin on Nov. 14. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Nov. 13 at 11:57 p.m. Los Angeles voters elected accountant Kenneth Mejia as their next city controller. The LA city controller oversees monetary auditing services and accounting and financial operations for the city, according to the office’s website. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles City Hall is pictured. Kenneth Mejia defeated current city councilmember Paul Koretz in the LA city controller election by more than 20 percentage points.(Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA students now have free access to an online mental health app, Togetherall, according to an October UCLA announcement. Togetherall is an online platform for people over 16 years of age to anonymously share their feelings with other community members who can offer mental health support, according to its website. Read more...
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Hundreds of students and UCLA community members celebrated the start of November with a Friendsgiving dinner, cooking competitions and other autumn activities at this month’s First Thursdays event. Read more...
Photo: UCLA and Westwood community members write on a poster at November’s First Thursdays event. First Thursdays aim to reconnect the university and local businesses after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Neha Krishnakumar/Daily Bruin)
A UCLA team of architecture department staff and doctoral students co-authored a housing bill recently signed into law that aims to increase affordable housing for K-12 school staff. Read more...
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This post was updated Nov. 8 at 9:52 p.m. On Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democratic Party officials called on students at UCLA to vote in the midterm elections. Read more...
Photo: Vice President Kamala Harris, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Karen Bass and second gentleman Doug Emhoff attend a UCLA rally Monday. The vice president and other California Democratic Party officials joined the campaign event to promote Bass’s candidacy for the Tuesday midterms. (Anika Chakrabarti/Photo editor)
This post was updated Nov. 8 at 10:09 p.m. Campus Queries is a series in which Daily Bruin readers and staff present science-related questions for UCLA professors and experts to answer. Read more...
