More than 100 UCLA graduate students voted to strike Thursday in solidarity with the 54 graduate students from UC Santa Cruz who were fired for withholding grades. Read more...
Photo: Hundreds of students marched to the Fowler Amphitheater on Monday to vote on whether to strike in solidarity with 54 recently fired UC Santa Cruz graduate students. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)
The union representing University of California student workers filed several unfair labor practice charges against the UC and is considering voting for a systemwide strike, according to a Monday press release. Read more...
Photo: The wildcat strike at UC Santa Cruz sparked solidarity protests at UCLA and other University of California campuses. In response to the strike, UCSC fired and disciplined 54 graduate student workers Friday. The move prompted unfair labor practice charges by the union representing student workers. (Bernard Mendez/Daily Bruin)
A proposition on the California primary ballot could grant the University of California $2 billion for construction and modernization. Proposition 13 is a school bond that would give $15 billion to public schools from the pre-K-12 level all the way up to higher education to improve education facilities, said California Assemblymember representing the 70th District Patrick O’Donnell, who co-wrote the bill. Read more...
Photo: If passed, Proposition 13 would provide $2 billion to the University of California for construction and rehabilitation on its campuses. The remaining $13 billion of the bond will be provided to public pre-K-12 schools, California community colleges and the California State University system. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 1 at 5:56 p.m. UC Santa Cruz dismissed at least 54 graduate student workers from spring appointments Friday for withholding fall quarter grades, according to an emailed statement from UCSC media relations. Read more...
Photo: Fifty four graduate students received notice of dismissal for spring appointments Friday from UC Santa Cruz after failing to turn in fall 2019 grades. (Tanmay Shankar/Assistant Photo editor)
The expiration of the University of California’s contract with a major publisher of scientific and medical research may have had less impact than expected, UC librarians and researchers said. Read more...
Photo: The UC and science journal publisher Elsevier’s contract expired Jan. 1, 2019. Since then, UCLA researchers and librarians said the lack of access to Elsevier articles has had less of an impact than expected. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA’s Centennial Campaign raised $5.49 billion in one of the largest fundraising campaigns ever run by a public university, UCLA announced Wednesday. The university met its goal of $4.20 billion in July 2018, 18 months earlier than planned, according to a university press release. Read more...
Photo: UCLA raised $5.49 billion as part of its Centennial Campaign, the university announced Wednesday. The fundraising drive, which began in 2014, reached its initial goal of $4.2 billion by July 2018. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated March 5 at 2:42 p.m. The University of California filed unfair labor practice charges against a student worker union Tuesday in response to strikes at UC Santa Cruz. Read more...
Photo: The University of California filed unfair labor practice charges against United Auto Workers Local 2865, which represents UC student workers, for failing to stop unauthorized strikes by UC Santa Cruz graduate student workers. (Bernard Mendez/Daily Bruin)
