Saturday, June 27

United Auto Workers units finalize agreements with UC, avoid strike

This post was updated March 24 at 9:10 a.m. Three United Auto Workers units ratified contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining.  The three units – UAW Local 4811’s academic student employees unit, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW – represent more than 40,000 UC academic and research employees, including teaching assistants. Read more...

Photo: Members of UC’s United Auto Workers units protest outside Royce Hall. Three UAW units voted to ratify contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


UCPD investigates e-scooter stolen from Dodd Hall amid rise in thefts

This post was updated March 31 at 5:05 p.m. UCPD is investigating an electric scooter theft that happened at Dodd Hall on Wednesday evening, according to a Friday Clery Timely Warning. Read more...

Photo: An electric scooter sits on campus. UCPD is investigating an e-scooter theft that happened outside Dodd Hall on Wednesday evening, according to a Friday Clery Timely Warning. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Attending UCLA’s School of Dentistry is going to get more expensive

SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents approved a tuition increase for UCLA’s dentistry program at its Wednesday meeting. The academic and student affairs committee approved the tuition increase for the dentistry program – as well as for a nursing program at UC Irvine and pharmacy programs at UCI and UC San Francisco – at its bimonthly meeting, held Tuesday and Wednesday at UCSF. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Dental Clinics building is pictured. The UC Board of Regents approved a tuition increase for UCLA’s dentistry program at its Wednesday meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC investment officer discusses assets, what constitutes war-related investments

Pro-Palestine students and advocates have called on the UC to disclose and divest from companies allegedly associated with the Israeli military. But at a Tuesday UC Board of Regents meeting, the UC’s Chief Investment Officer said he believes it is difficult to consider what constitutes supporting war – whether directly or tangentially – when it comes to the University’s investments, especially with regard to U.S. Read more...

Photo: Jagdeep Singh Bachher (center), the UC’s chief investment officer, is pictured. Bachher said he believes it is difficult to consider what constitutes supporting war – whether directly or tangentially – when it comes to the University’s investments, especially with regard to U.S. companies. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department votes to remove César E. Chávez from its name

This post was updated March 19 at 10:45 a.m. UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name following sexual abuse allegations against the labor leader. Read more...

Photo: Bunche Hall, which houses UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department, is pictured. The department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name amid sexual abuse allegations against the labor leader. However, only Chancellor Julio Frenk and UC President James Milliken have the authority to rename UCLA properties and programs, according to University policy. (Amelia Chief/Daily Bruin senior staff)


EVP office hosts fair promoting wellness resources, student health organizations

The Basic Needs Farmers Market and Health Fair connected hundreds of students with underused wellness resources. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s External Vice President, Sherry Zhou, hosted the fair in Wilson Plaza. Read more...

Photo: Students mull around Wilson Plaza. The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s Office of the External Vice President hosted a fair in February highlighting student health organizations. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC Regents committee recommends $351 million for UCLA student housing project

This post was updated March 19 at 1:15 p.m. The UC Board of Regents’s Finance and Capital Strategies Committee recommended a budget of $351 million to build new UCLA student housing on Levering Ave. Read more...

Photo: Michael Cohen, the chair of the UC Board of Regents Finance and Capital Strategies Committee, sits next to other UC Regents at their March meeting. The committee he chairs recommended an allocation of $351 million on Wednesday to fund new student housing. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)



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