Amrik Johal spoke Punjabi growing up, but he never learned how to read or write in the language. “Many of us could speak Punjabi at home, but there’s very few who understand how to read and write,” said Johal, an education graduate student. Read more...
Photo: The University of California is offering Punjabi for the first time to all campuses through the UC cross-campus enrollment system. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The University of California would receive a $383.8 million budget increase under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed state budget released Friday – with the expectation that the UC does not increase in-state tuition. Read more...
University of California students and faculty are asking the UC Board of Regents to fund a systemwide open textbook grant program. The California Public Interest Research Group, a student activist organization, began a textbook affordability campaign in 2007 after other student PIRGs started similar campaigns. Read more...
Photo: Students and faculty have signed petitions asking the UC Board of Regents to implement a systemwide open textbook grant plan. The California Public Interest Research Group has its own textbook affordability campaign and is aiming to work with the regents on the program. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
The University of California Student Association is composed of representatives from the UC campuses’ undergraduate and graduate student governments. The organization’s Board of Directors held its monthly meeting over Zoom on Jan. Read more...
University police at UCLA have implemented body cameras among its active personnel four years after the policy was approved, a university police spokesperson said. As of Jan. Read more...
Photo: The UCPD has equipped all its active personnel with body cameras, a UCPD spokesperson said. The University of California is still finalizing a policy that would universally mandate body cameras. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Jan. 18 at 6:27 p.m. UCLA may be back next fall. UCLA, along with the nine other University of California campuses, is planning to return to in-person instruction by fall, the UC Office of the President announced in a press release Monday. Read more...
Photo: The 10 UC campuses are planning on a return to in-person instruction by fall quarter, citing the availability of COVID-19 vaccines to students, staff and faculty. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Some students are concerned about how their peers are handling the COVID-19 pandemic and think UCLA could do more to enforce COVID-19 guidelines. UCLA’s outline of student conduct and policies for COVID-19 gives regulations for large gatherings, and states that students can face academic consequences or exclusion from UCLA housing for violating UCLA’s policies. Read more...
Photo: (Katie Frei/Daily Bruin)
