This post was updated Jan. 26 at 11:10 p.m. The University of California Board of Regents, the governing body of the system, gathered Jan. 17 to 19 for its bimonthly meetings at the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. Read more...
Photo: A University of California Board of Regents meeting is pictured. The regents met at UCLA this month to discuss the UC’s fiscal performance and the governor’s proposed state budget. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 26 at 10:22 p.m. UCLA Lab School faculty held a walkout on Wednesday, demanding fair bargaining practices from the school’s leadership and the University of California. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Lab School demonstration teachers represented by the University Council-American Federation of Teachers walked out Wednesday morning in protest of unfair labor and bargaining practices by school leadership and the University of California. (Courtesy of Sylvia Gentile)
This post was updated Jan. 25 at 1:26 p.m. Members of the UCLA Academic Senate voted in November to establish an American Indian studies department, making it the last ethnic studies center to departmentalize and dismantle its interdepartmental program. Read more...
Photo: The American Indian Studies program, housed in Campbell Hall (pictured), will transition to a full department after a vote by the UCLA Academic Senate in November. (Joseph Lee/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Jan. 27 at 3:12 p.m. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, interim dean of the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss her qualifications, the growth of the school and her priorities as interim dean. Read more...
Photo: Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris was appointed interim dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs (pictured). She sat down with the Bruin to outline her goals and plans for her term. (Daily Bruin file photo)
For three years in a row, Lewis Smith chose to persevere. Smith, a fourth-year political science transfer student, was rejected by UCLA for two years straight. Read more...
Photo: A laptop with the transfer admission guarantee webpage open is pictured. Gov. Gavin Newsom recently proposed in his California 2023-2024 budget that UCLA participate in the TAG program, which would guarantee transfers who meet certain GPA and credit requirements admission to UCLA. (Jeremy Chen/Assistant Photo editor)
In 1923, five Black women founded UCLA’s first Greek life organization, the Pi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta. One hundred years later, dozens of the chapter’s members gathered at UCLA to celebrate the chapter’s centennial and impact on the UCLA community. Read more...
Photo: From left to right, pictured are Debrina Collins, treasurer of the Pi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, Ashley Anderson, vice president of the chapter, and Rayven Hickman, the chapter’s president. (Courtesy of Debrina Collins)
A November 2022 survey by Kaplan found nearly half of current pre-med students may decide where to apply to medical school based on states’ abortion laws. Read more...
