Monday, February 23

UC opposes academic researchers union, cites lack of ‘community of interest’

University of California academic researchers applied for union representation, but the UC is objecting to the proposed unionization. United Auto Workers Local 5810, a union representing over 6,500 postdoctoral researchers at the UC, submitted a petition to California Public Employment Relations Board in September to add academic researchers to the union under a separate bargaining unit called Academic Researchers United. Read more...

Photo: University of California academic researchers applied to join a union representing postdoctoral researchers. The UC has opposed the move. Academic researchers are a broad group of researchers who are neither postdocs nor tenure-track faculty members. (Courtesy of Academic Researchers United)


Daily Bruin wins 22 awards at 2019 college media contest

The Daily Bruin won 22 awards at the 2019 California College Media Association contest Saturday. PRIME, the Daily Bruin’s quarterly arts, culture and lifestyle magazine, won three of the publication’s seven first-place awards. Read more...

Photo: The Daily Bruin won 22 awards at the 2019 California College Media Association contest for PRIME, photography, social media, Arts and Entertainment content and others. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)



Visiting professor discusses how to incentivize behaviors through economic theory

A Nobel Memorial Prize winner in economics said companies can incentivize people to act in a particular way by taking advantage of the assumption that people would prefer to continue on the same course of action when faced with a decision. Read more...

Photo: Richard Thaler, an American economist and 2017 Nobel Memorial Prize winner, spoke at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on Tuesday about the use of behavioral economics, particularly the use of “nudges,” to incentivize certain behaviors. (Daanish Bhatti/Daily Bruin)


Man selling paintball tickets on campus appears to claim false association to ASUCLA

A man who appears to be falsely claiming association with on-campus organizations has been coming into classes and attempting to sell tickets to students for admittance to paintball parks. Read more...

Photo: A man selling paintball tickets to students in lecture halls claims to be associated with Associated Students UCLA and UCLA Special Events and Protocol, but he does not appear to be connected with either organization. (Liz Ketcham/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA Extension employees express concern over institution’s shifting leadership

UCLA administrators and UCLA Extension employees offered conflicting accounts of UCLA Extension’s recent leadership overhaul. Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Scott Waugh appointed three new interim administrators following the retirement of UCLA Extension’s previous dean, Wayne Smutz, in October. Read more...

Photo: UCLA Extension is either turning a corner or facing the same problems of lack of transparency, depending on who is asked. About 75 employees have left UCLA Extension over the last few months, but UCLA spokesperson Ricardo Vazquez said vacated positions are being filled. (Alice Naland/Daily Bruin)


Standardized tests pose issues but inequalities go deeper, say students, faculty

Eliminating standardized testing from the college admissions process may not make the process more fair for students from historically underrepresented socioeconomic classes, UCLA students and faculty said. Read more...

Photo: Beyond the Score, a student organization, held a town hall Feb. 20 to discuss the drawbacks of using standardized testing in college admissions and to campaign for the removal of standardized testing as an admissions factor. (Metztli Garcia/Daily Bruin)



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