I was on a two-week trip to visit family in Taiwan when I decided to make an impromptu visit to Hong Kong during its eighth week of political unrest. Read more...
Photo: Hong Kong has been experiencing mass protests for the last 10 weeks over a controversial extradition bill that would allow criminal suspects to be extradited to mainland China. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam indefinitely suspended the bill July 9, but has refused to fully withdraw the bill. (Lauren Man/Daily Bruin)
The University of California Board of Regents has been ordered to pay $1.58 million to a former UCLA employee over claims of a hostile work environment, according to a press release from the former employee’s lawyers Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: The University of California Board of Regents has been ordered to pay a former UCLA employee $1.58 million by a Los Angeles jury. The former employee claimed co-workers harassed her and made racially charged comments toward her. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A former UCLA graduate student is suing the University of California Board of Regents on the basis that officials at UCLA and the UC denied him and other students due process in their Title IX cases, according to a press release from the student’s lawyers Saturday. Read more...
Photo: A former UCLA graduate student filed a lawsuit against the University of California Board of Regents Friday claiming UCLA denied him and other accused students due process in Title IX sexual misconduct proceedings. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Finalized Los Angeles homeless count numbers revealed a decrease in homelessness in Westwood this year, but community leaders said the challenges the community faces are still substantial. Read more...
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Rosanna Smart emailed Mark Kleiman, known in Washington, D.C., public policy circles as the “czar of pot,” asking him to sit on her dissertation panel on marijuana legalization. Read more...
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UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies has been awarded a grant for a redesign of its curriculum, according to a university press release Friday. The Andrew W. Read more...
Photo: UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies has been awarded a grant to support the redesign of its curriculum. Ali Behdad, the Center’s current director, previously oversaw a similar endeavor at the UCLA English department while serving as its former chair. (Courtesy of UCLA Newsroom)
The University of California ended a two-year negotiation with a union this week and met with other unions to continue bargaining. UPTE University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119, a union that represents about 14,000 research and technical workers in the UC, will vote to ratify a new contract with the university this week and announce results Aug. Read more...
Photo: The University Council for the American Federation of Teachers Local 1990 met with University of California representatives Wednesday for a scheduled bargaining session. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin senior staff)
