Wednesday, March 25

Judge rules lawsuit against UC Regents for encampment sweep can proceed

This post was updated Nov. 11 at 11:22 p.m. A judge ruled Nov. 4 that a lawsuit alleging that the UC violated free speech rights while clearing the spring 2024 Palestine solidarity encampment could move forward. Read more...

Photo: Graeme Blair, a professor of political science and member of Faculty for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, speaks at an October 2024 press conference announcing a lawsuit against the UC. A judge ruled Nov. 4 that the lawsuit, originally filed over one year ago, would be allowed to proceed. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA faculty rally against Trump administration’s settlement demands

The UCLA Faculty Association called on UCLA to preserve academic freedom at a Monday rally following the release of the Trump administration’s settlement demands. Around 40 people attended the noon rally at the bottom of Janss Steps, where professors and doctors gave speeches condemning the Trump administration’s proposed settlement terms publicized Friday. Read more...

Photo: Robin D.G. Kelley, a distinguished professor in U.S. History, speaks at a Monday rally. Professors and doctors gave speeches condemning the Trump administration’s proposed settlement terms publicized Friday. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


Q&A: UC Student Regent Miguel Craven outlines goals for his upcoming tenure

Miguel Craven, the 2026-27 UC student regent, spoke with national news and higher education editor Josephine Murphy to discuss Craven’s background and goals for his tenure. Read more...

Photo: Miguel Craven is pictured. Craven, the 2026-27 UC student regent, spoke with national news and higher education editor Josephine Murphy to discuss Craven’s background and goals for his tenure. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Regents approves additional $2 million allocation to emergency power system

This post was updated Sept. 22 at 2:20 p.m. A UC Board of Regents committee voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend allocating an additional $2 million to replace an outdated UCLA emergency power system.  The project, first approved in 2020, will upgrade the emergency power system for the Center for Health Sciences and its adjacent buildings to ensure that research, clinical activities and safety remain protected in case of a power outage. Read more...


UC Regent Jay Sures required to pay legal fees for pro-Palestine UCLA student

This post was updated Aug. 24 at 7:41 p.m. A court ruled Thursday that UC Regent Jay Sures must pay $150,624 of graduate student Dylan Kupsh’s legal fees after Sures unsuccessfully attempted to file a restraining order against him.  Kupsh – along with around 50 other pro-Palestine protesters – demonstrated outside Sures’ Brentwood home in February, calling him “responsible for protecting UC investments in genocide and weapons manufacturing.” Lawyers representing Sures initially alleged that Kupsh was a “ringleader” among the protesters, but were unable to prove the claim in court. Read more...

Photo: Dylan Kupsh, a UCLA graduate student (left), and another pro-Palestine activist (right) speak to Kupsh’s supporters outside the Los Angeles Metropolitan Courthouse. A court ruled Thursday that UC Regent Jay Sures must pay $150,624 of Kupsh’s legal fees after Sures unsuccessfully attempted to file a restraining order against Kupsh following his participation in a pro-Palestine protest outside Sures’ home. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Community members ask UC Regents to protect jobs, programs amid budget uncertainty

Community members, students and faculty called on the UC Board of Regents to raise staff and health care workers’ wages, protect programs impacted by losses in federal funding and reverse layoffs at the board’s July meeting. Read more...

Photo: Max Belasco, a co-chair of UCLA’s University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 chapter, speaks at a University Council-American Federation of Teachers Local 1474 protest July 15. Community members, students and faculty called on the UC Board of Regents to raise staff and health care workers’ wages, protect programs impacted by losses in federal funding and reverse layoffs at the board’s July meeting. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC Regents met to discuss alumni outcomes, reporting resources, policy center

This post was updated July 27 at 8:25 p.m. The UC Board of Regents discussed alumni outcomes, considered campus reporting resources for students and introduced the UC Student and Policy Center on July 16. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents meets at UCLA. The regents discussed alumni outcomes, considered campus reporting resources for students and introduced the UC Student and Policy Center on July 16. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)