Recently publicized communications between a UCLA professor and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sparked varying levels of disapproval among students. Mark Tramo – an associate adjunct professor of neurology at UCLA – sent emails to Epstein in 2007 and 2018, according to Bloomberg and emails released by the United States House of Representatives’ House Oversight Committee. Read more...
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December 23, 8:40 pm
Court tentatively rules in favor of UC administrators in lawsuit by UCLA lecturer
A Superior Court judge in Santa Monica tentatively ruled in favor of UC administrators in a lawsuit brought by a UCLA lecturer requesting more than $13 million in damages. Read more...
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December 4, 9:26 pm
UC Regent Jose Hernandez comments on tuition hikes, personal background
UC Regent Jose Hernandez expressed approval for recent tuition hikes and spoke about his background as a migrant farmworker at a fireside chat in the Latinx Success Center on Nov. Read more...
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December 4, 9:24 pm
UCLA instructors express privacy concerns amid rise of AI notetaking platforms
This post was updated Dec. 9 at 2:21 p.m. Artificial intelligence-based transcription software has emerged as a popular notetaking tool among college students, but it has left some UCLA instructors with privacy concerns. Read more...
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December 4, 9:13 pm
$31 million Ginsburg donation to UCLA Research Park supports research, facilities
Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg pledged $31 million to UCLA Research Park and the David Geffen School of Medicine in November. Their contribution will primarily support initiatives and facilities at UCLA Research Park – a new 700,000-square-foot hub for biomedical research located two miles south of UCLA’s main campus. Read more...
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November 24, 10:11 pm
Jesse Hagopian discusses importance of antiracist education in new book
Educator and activist Jesse Hagopian called for the defense of critical antiracist education in a talk about his new book Nov 10. Organized in collaboration with UCLA DataX, the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy and the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Department of History in Murphy Hall, the talk was moderated by Robin D.G. Read more...
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November 20, 8:01 pm
Trump lawsuit challenges California’s in-state tuition for undocumented students
This post was updated Nov. 20 at 10:31 p.m. The Trump administration filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that a California law offering in-state tuition to certain undocumented students is illegal. Read more...