The University of California will update its own power-generating facilities and procure new renewable energy from third parties to reach its 100 percent renewable energy goal by 2025. Read more...
Photo: (Habeba Mostafa/Daily Bruin)
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September 27, 1:57 am
UCLA student awarded Mental Health Advocate award for her role in Active Minds
A professor approached Ciara Kelly in tears at an event where 1,000 backpacks spanned Wilson Plaza to represent the more than 1,000 college students who are lost to suicide in the United States each year. Read more...
Photo: Ciara Kelly stands on an Ashe Center staircase. (Joe Akira/Daily Bruin)
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September 26, 4:03 pm
Librarians, allies demonstrate for academic freedom amid UCOP negotiations
University of California librarians and their allies marched across campus Wednesday with their mouths taped shut in support of academic freedom for librarians. University Council-American Federation of Teachers, a union that represents UC librarians and non-Senate faculty, held the demonstration during their lunch break between contract negotiation sessions with the University of California Office of the President. Read more...
Photo: A union for UC librarians and non-Senate faculty held a demonstration Wednesday in between contract negotiation sessions to oppose academic censorship of librarians. (Niveda Tennety/Daily Bruin)
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September 26, 3:23 pm
USAC recap – Sept. 25
The Undergraduate Students Association Council is the official student government representing the undergraduate student body at UCLA. Council meetings take place every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Read more...
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September 22, 3:13 pm
Charges dismissed after professor involved in fatal 2008 lab fire fulfills deal
This post was updated Sept. 23 at 10:07 p.m. A Los Angeles judge dismissed criminal charges against a UCLA professor whose failure to enforce proper safety precautions resulted in a 2008 lab fire and the death of a lab assistant. Read more...
Photo: The Molecular Biology Institute, where the fire happened almost 10 years ago. (Amy Dixon/Photo editor)
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September 21, 12:28 pm
California Public Employment Relations Board issues formal complaints against UC
This post was updated Sept. 21 at 3:08 p.m. A state judicial administrative agency brought formal complaints Friday against the University of California after a UC employee union alleged the University was withholding employee contact information from unions. Read more...
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September 21, 3:28 am
Student-to-student car rental service cruises into UCLA
Students can now take longer trips on a budget using a new app that lets students rent cars from each other. Lula is a car rental service through which users can sign up and select whether they want to rent cars or let other students rent their cars. Read more...
Photo: Matthew (left) and Michael Vega-Sanz (right) are the co-founders of Lula, a car rental service through which students can sign up and rent cars from other students. (Courtesy of Lula Rides)