This post was updated Nov. 17 at 7:08 p.m. The Committee of Interns and Residents sent a petition to the University of California’s president on Sept. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center is pictured. The Committee of Interns and Residents, which represents trainee physicians across the University of California system, delivered a petition to UC President Drake on Sept. 29. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Editor’s note: This post was updated to reflect the roles of all three unions in attendance at the rally. Members and supporters of the United Auto Workers Local 2865, UAW 5810 and Student Researchers United-UAW gathered at Janss Steps on Wednesday to call for better graduate student working conditions. Read more...
Photo: The United Auto Workers Local 2865 held a rally on Wednesday to call for improved working conditions for graduate students. Both teaching assistants and researchers at the University of California are represented by the UAW 2865. (Shengfeng Chien/Daily Bruin staff)
UCLA researchers have developed a wearable patch that could continuously measure drug concentrations in the bloodstream, helping doctors quickly deliver precise doses of drugs. The study, published Sept. Read more...
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill in September that would have allowed many California students to ride public transit for free. The proposed Assembly Bill 1919 would have allocated funds for transit agencies to provide students attending K-12 schools, California community colleges, California State Universities or University of California campuses with free transit passes. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would allow free public transit, including buses (pictured), for California students. Newsom said he felt the bill did not have enough funding allocations. (Justin Jung/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Oct. 14 at 12:17 a.m. The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA appointed Julian McNeil as the inaugural director of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in August. Read more...
Photo: The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA appointed Julian McNeil (pictured) as the director of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. (Jenny Xu/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 14 at 12:20 a.m. UCLA community members have taken part in a movement across the world in response to the death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman in September. Read more...
Photo: Protests have erupted in Iran and spread across the world in response to the killing of Mahsa Amini by the Iranian morality police, including some in Los Angeles (pictured). (Ethan Manafi/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated Nov. 15 at 3:47 p.m. President Joe Biden gave a speech Thursday at the developing Westwood Veterans Affairs Hospital station – part of the Purple (D Line) Extension Transit Project – promoting his administration’s efforts to expand infrastructure. The Metro expansion project, which will add seven new stops, including UCLA, to the Purple Line, began in 2019 with local and federal funding, according to the Los Angeles Metro. Read more...
Photo: President Joe Biden speaks at a rally in March 2020. Biden spoke at a campaign event at the developing Westwood Veterans Affairs Metro station Thursday, promoting his efforts to improve infrastructure. (Alex Driscoll/Daily Bruin staff)
