A UCLA study published Feb. 29 found nearly one in four California residents over the age of 65 have incomes above the federal poverty line, but still do not have enough money to make ends meet. Read more...
Photo: Steven P. Wallace, a chair in the Fielding School of Public Health, has researched the hidden poor in California. (Kristen Payne/Daily Bruin)
A group of history professors sent a letter to Chancellor Gene Block condemning UCLA’s decision to allow a tenured professor, who allegedly sexually harassed two graduate students, to continue teaching at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: About 40 students participated in a march Wednesday calling for UCLA officials to fire history professor Gabriel Piterberg. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
The University of California’s largest employee union released a study Tuesday that showed the University has paid about $1 billion to hedge fund managers over the past 12 years for no significant increase in investment returns. Read more...
Students chanted “fire Piterberg” as they marched into the history department office in Bunche Hall on Wednesday afternoon, calling for UCLA officials to fire a professor who allegedly sexually harassed two graduate students. Read more...
Photo: More than 40 students marched through campus Wednesday asking UCLA officials to fire history professor Gabriel Piterberg, who is involved in a Title IX lawsuit. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
A University of California committee agreed to facilitate a study on the University’s investments in banks that fund private prisons and discussed other student concerns in a meeting Friday. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Committee on Investments discussed student concerns in a meeting Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Long waits, a limited number of visits and a low staff-to-student ratio contributed to the low score the University of California Student Association awarded UCLA on Sunday in its evaluation of the school’s student mental health services. Read more...
Photo: University of California Student Association awarded UCLA a C+ in its evaluation of the school’s student mental health services. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The California Public Employment Relations Board, or PERB, issued a second unfair labor practice complaint against the University of California last Friday. The American Federation State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 union filed the complaint, which alleged the UC violated its collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME Local 3299 by extending or renewing contracts with individual contractors without properly notifying the union. Read more...
