The University of California system received $2.65 billion from a California state sale of revenue bonds which will help finance projects across UC campuses. Revenue bonds are a type of municipal bond, which function like loans and are sold to fund projects. Read more...
Photo: The University of California received $2.65 billion from the state sale of revenue bonds. Some of the money will be used for seismic improvements at Franz Hall. (Daanish Bhatti/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Aug. 9 at 9:51 a.m. In 2019, Megan Lynch hurt her hand parking her bike because the bike rack was not accessible, further affecting her pre-existing disability that causes pain in her hands and arms. Read more...
Photo: UC Access Now, which launched on the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, pushes for the University of California to be more accessible for disabled students. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
More than 20 student organizations have endorsed a student government resolution calling on UCLA to rename a campus landmark after a Native American tribe that originally inhabited Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: An Undergraduate Students Association Council resolution calling on UCLA to rename Janss Steps to Tongva Steps to honor the Indigenous Gabrielino-Tongva people who originally inhabited Los Angeles was unanimously passed July 28. (Daily Bruin file photo)
The University of California will require an influenza immunization for all students and staff in the fall, according to a press release Friday. The new policy adds an influenza vaccination to the UC’s existing list of immunization requirements for the 2020-2021 academic year. Read more...
Photo: The University of California will require students, staff and faculty to receive an influenza immunization for the 2020-2021 academic year, the UC announced in a press release Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Aug. 6 at 7:59 p.m. to include the NWWNC’s vote in support of renaming Campbell Hall. UCLA community members are calling on the UCLA administration to rename Campbell Hall to honor two Black activists who were killed inside the hall in the 1960s. Read more...
Photo: A petition to rename UCLA’s Campbell Hall created by fourth-year student Tanner Hall has already garnered over 4,500 signatures as of Aug. 3. (Screen capture by Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
Flossie Wong-Staal – the most cited female scientist of the 1980s – shaped today’s understanding of HIV, said Jerome Zack, a UCLA microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics professor. Read more...
Photo: Flossie Wong-Staal — who was the first to clone HIV and analyze it on a molecular level — passed away of pneumonia July 8 in San Diego.(Photos courtesy of Caroline Vega, Photo illustration by Emily Dembinski/Illustrations director)
On April 17, California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Tom Steyer, a former 2020 presidential candidate, as chief advisor to the governor on business and jobs recovery. Read more...
Photo: Tom Steyer, chief advisor to Gov. Gavin Newsom on business and jobs recovery, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss the post-graduation job market and what’s being done to help college students navigate it during the COVID-19 pandemic.(Courtesy of Tom Steyer)
