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The UC Board of Regents approved a new systemwide tuition plan that allows for tuition increases tied to inflation for incoming undergraduate and all graduate students starting fall 2022. (Daily Bruin file photo)

UC Board of Regents approves new systemwide multiyear tuition plan

This post was updated July 25 at 7:48 p.m. The University of California Board of Regents approved a systemwide multiyear plan that increases tuition and student fees to the incoming class of undergraduate students and all graduate students starting fall 2022.  Under the new plan, tuition costs and fees can see yearly adjustments tied to inflation for the incoming class of undergraduate students. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents approved a new systemwide tuition plan that allows for tuition increases tied to inflation for incoming undergraduate and all graduate students starting fall 2022. (Daily Bruin file photo)

The UC Board of Regents approved a new systemwide tuition plan that allows for tuition increases tied to inflation for incoming undergraduate and all graduate students starting fall 2022. (Daily Bruin file photo)

UCLA nurses protest unsafe staffing in front of Ronald Reagan Medical Center

This post was updated July 25 at 8:23 p.m. Dozens of UCLA nurses demonstrated in front of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday morning, calling for safe staffing and better workplace protections. Read more...

Photo: UCLA nurses protested against alleged UC mismanagement in front of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Wednesday morning. They called attention to concerns about staffing shortages and patient safety. (Chelsea Westman/Daily Bruin)


Former interim dean Susan Ettner to serve as UCLA dean of graduate education

Susan Ettner, a UCLA professor and former interim dean, began her term as the dean of graduate education July 1. Ettner is a general internal medicine and health services professor at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and a health policy and management professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Read more...

Photo: Susan Ettner, a UCLA professor and former interim dean, was named dean of graduate education on June 25. Ettner began her full term July 1. (Courtesy of Susan Ettner)


Bruins participate in analog Mars mission to research, simulate astronaut life

This story was last updated July 25 at 7:53 p.m. UCLA students and alumni are simulating life as astronauts to practice techniques to use during space travel to Mars. Read more...

Photo: UCLA alumnus Olivia Ettlin was a crew member on a mission simulating astronaut life on Mars at the Mars Desert Research Station in Hanksville, Utah. (Courtesy of Olivia Ettlin)


UC Berkeley law student to promote inclusivity, affordability as student regent

This post was updated Aug. 12 at 8:41 p.m. The UC Board of Regents appointed Marlenee Blas Pedral as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. Blas Pedral, a first-generation, rising second-year UC Berkeley law student, is the 48th student regent and will serve as the student regent-designate in discussions for the upcoming academic year, according to a University of California Office of the President press release. Read more...

Photo: The UC Board of Regents appointed UC Berkeley law student Marlenee Blas Pedral to serve as the 2022-2023 UC student regent Wednesday. (Courtesy of Phoenisha Schuhmeier)