Shelley Weng returned to her eight-person Palo Verde apartment to find piles of unwashed dishes, sauce-splattered counters and bugs flying in the kitchen on several occasions last year. Read more...
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September 18, 8:00 pm
UCLA Jewish researchers criticize funding cuts, response to antisemitism claims
This post was updated Sept. 24 at 11:17 p.m. Jewish community members criticized the federal government’s citation of “antisemitism and bias” as justification for suspending university funding. Read more...
Photo: Hillel at UCLA building is pictured. UCLA’s Hillel chapter, along with the Jewish Faculty Resilience Group, are forming a Jewish faculty working group to advocate for the restoration of UCLA’s research funding. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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September 17, 8:22 pm
UC Regents approves UCLA police department request for less-than-lethal munitions
This post was updated Sept. 17 at 8:26 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. Read more...
Photo: UCPD officers with less-than-lethal weapons enter the Palestine solidarity encampment. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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September 17, 1:46 pm
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Board of Regents committee voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend allocating an additional $2 million to replace an outdated UCLA emergency power system.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...
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September 16, 8:58 pm
Q&A: UCPD Chief of Police Craig Valenzuela discusses vision for campus safety
Craig Valenzuela, a UCLA alumnus and former Los Angeles Police Department commander, was appointed UCPD’s chief of police in July. He stepped into the role Sept. Read more...
Photo: Craig Valenzuela, UCPD’s chief of police, is pictured. Valenzuela, a UCLA alumnus and former LAPD commander, stepped into the role at the beginning of September. (Courtesy of UCPD)
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September 15, 11:05 pm
UCLA EDI official placed on leave following posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death
This post was updated Sept. 17 at 12:00 p.m. UCLA put an official in its office of equity, diversity and inclusion on administrative leave after he made social media posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death, according to the Los Angeles Times. The EDI office’s “Who We Are” webpage appeared to be taken down as of 10 p.m. Read more...
Photo: The office of equity, diversity and inclusion’s webpage which previously housed their “Who We Are” section, is pictured. The webpage used to feature an official now on administrative leave for social media posts celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)
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September 15, 6:13 pm
Upcoming ‘Foundations and Futures’ textbook seeks to represent AAPI voices
A new textbook is weaving together overlooked stories that make up the fabric of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, from Vietnamese American oral histories to the rise of Samoan athletes on the football field. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Billy for Foundations and Futures)