This post was updated Dec. 2 at 1:45 p.m. with a statement from Chandra Bhatnagar. UCLA’s newly created office of civil rights will receive its first lead administrator. Read more...
Photo: Chandra Bhatnagar will become UCLA’s first assistant vice chancellor for civil rights and will oversee the newly created Civil Rights Office. (Courtesy of Chandra Bhatnagar/UCLA Newsroom)
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for student workers to balance their studies and their jobs, a UCLA study found. Student workers experienced educational, financial and mental health hardships balancing their academic and work responsibilities, according to a September study from the Workers and Learners project at the UCLA Labor Center. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA study found that student workers are struggling with financial insecurity, lack of academic accommodations and lack of access to mental health services amid the pandemic. (Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
This post was updated Nov. 29 at 6:20 p.m. UCLA’s new tuition accommodation for nonresident doctoral students will address international students’ financial concerns, some graduate students said. Read more...
Photo: International graduate students said the new accommodation for nonresident tuition will address financial concerns. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
Dozens of UCLA Health nurses gathered outside a UCLA hospital Monday evening at a vigil to protest their working conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nurses held signs and candles outside the main entrance of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. Read more...
Photo: Dozens of nurses gathered outside a UCLA hospital to protest their working conditions and urge the public to be safe over the Thanksgiving holiday. (Finn LeeAnne Chitwood/Daily Bruin)
A state court judgment in late October stated that UCLA violated a public records law by repeatedly delaying records requests. UCLA agreed to a court judgment stating the university violated the California Public Records Act, in response to a lawsuit filed by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a free speech advocacy group. Read more...
Photo: UCLA violated a public records law when it repeatedly delayed record requests from a free speech organization, a state court ruled. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Nov. 22 at 6:49 p.m. UCLA is offering a mobile COVID-19 testing site for students, staff and faculty via a bus that travels to off-campus locations. Read more...
Photo: UCLA is offering a bus where students, staff and faculty can receive COVID-19 tests. (Amy Zhang/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UCLA will pilot a voluntary program that will notify users if they come into contact with someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Six other University of California campuses are also partnering with the California Department of Public Health to pilot the California COVID Notify program. Read more...
Photo: UCLA will join six other UC campuses to pilot a COVID-19 exposure notification app developed by the state of California. (Katherine Ngo/Daily Bruin)
