Google’s search history data can be used to target ads, personalize websites and now, according to UCLA researchers, track the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. Sean Young, an associate professor at UCLA and executive director of the University of California Institute for Prediction Technology, collaborated with researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to develop a new way to monitor the spread of syphilis using search data from Google Trends. Read more...
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Campus, News, UC
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April 20, 12:53 am
Student-worker union negotiates with UC, demands protections, benefits
Student workers from the University of California demanded the UC implement new anti-discrimination and harassment provisions at a union contract negotiation session Thursday. UAW Local 2865, the UC student-workers union, called for the UC to create procedures that value and protect survivors of sexual assault, as well as extend paid maternity and paternity leave from six weeks to six months. Read more...
Photo: The UC student-workers union Local 2865 is involved in negotiations for the terms of their new contract. Some members of the union said they think the university has taken too long to provide a wage proposal. (Jenna Smith/Daily Bruin)
News, Student Government
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April 19, 10:01 pm
USAC candidate hopefuls field questions from student groups at hearing
Undergraduate student government candidates answered questions about their platforms and other issues that impact the campus at an endorsement hearing Wednesday. Each candidate had 30 seconds to answer questions from student groups members, which will help groups decide who to endorse in this year’s Undergraduate Students Association Council election. Read more...
Photo: Undergraduate student government candidates answered questions about their platforms and other issues impacting campus at an endorsement hearing Wednesday. (Liz Ketcham/Daily Bruin)
Crime, News
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April 19, 5:48 pm
UCPD searches for alleged sexual battery perpetrator near De Neve Plaza
University police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually battered a UCLA student Wednesday. The student was at the crosswalk between De Neve Plaza and Bruin Walk at 10:30 p.m. Read more...
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April 19, 4:59 pm
UC’s largest employee union announces strike after negotiation disputes
The University of California’s largest employee union announced a systemwide strike Thursday. Workers throughout the UC represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 voted Wednesday to go on strike. Read more...
Photo: Workers represented by AFSCME Local 3299, the UC’s largest union, voted to go on strike. The decision was based on a of report on the UC’s employment data that found the UC had widened the pay gap between executive and service workers, said John de los Angeles, the communications director for AFSCME Local 3299. (Jenna Nicole Smith/Daily Bruin)
News, Student Government
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April 19, 1:59 pm
GSA recap – April 18
Agenda: UCPD Lt. Kevin Kilgore said that UCPD has reached out to Graduate Students Association, Undergraduate Students Association Council, international student leaders and UCLA administration to ensure that protests on campus operate within UCPD guidelines and result in no arrests. Read more...
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April 19, 11:32 am
Election board sanctions For the People slate for improper Facebook post
The undergraduate student government election board issued a sanction for social media campaigning violations Wednesday night. Sarena Khasawneh and Daniela Rodriguez were sanctioned for Facebook posts supporting the For the People slate without tagging the Election Board’s Facebook page. Read more...