Friday, February 13

Judge finalizes ruling against UCLA lecturer who sued UC administrators in 2021

This post was updated Jan. 8 at 10:04 p.m. A Santa Monica Superior Court judge officially sided with UC administrators Monday in a lawsuit brought by a UCLA lecturer who alleged he was unfairly put on leave in 2020 and requested $13 million in damages.   The move followed Judge H. Read more...

Photo: Gordon Klein, a continuing lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is pictured. A Santa Monica Superior Court judge officially sided with UC administrators Monday in a lawsuit brought by Klein, who alleged he was unfairly put on leave in 2020 and requested $13 million in damages. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UCLA professor Mark Tramo’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein raise mixed student reactions

This post was updated Jan. 6 at 10:11 p.m. Recently publicized communications between a UCLA professor and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sparked varying levels of disapproval among students. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall is pictured. Recently publicized communications between a UCLA professor and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sparked varying levels of disapproval among students. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Court tentatively rules in favor of UC administrators in lawsuit by UCLA lecturer

This post was updated Jan. 6 at 10:02 p.m. 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...

Photo: Gordon Klein is pictured. A superior court judge in Santa Monica ruled in favor of UC administrators in a lawsuit brought by Klein. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


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...

Photo: UC Regent Jose Hernandez, a former astronaut and son of migrant workers, is picture. Hernandez spoke to students at an event hosted at the Latinx Success Center Nov. 21. (Victor Simoes/Daily Bruin)


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...

Photo: Otter AI, which converts spoken audio into text, is pictured. 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. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


$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...

Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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...

Photo: Murphy Hall is pictured. UCLA DataX, the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy and the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Department hosted a talk at Murphy Hall that called for the defense of critical antiracist education. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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