A Closer Look
May 2, 2024 7:29 a.m.Police continue to clear Dickson Plaza encampment, protesters face mass arrests
This post was updated May 3 at 12:42 a.m.
For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment at UCLA, see here.
By Matthew Royer, Shaanth Kodialam, and Constanza Montemayor
A Closer Look
May 1, 2024 5:31 p.m.Labor unions express support for Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA
For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment, see here.
Statewide labor unions expressed support of on-campus protesters’ pro-Palestine encampment Wednesday following an attack from counter-protesters late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
United Auto Workers Local 4811 – formerly known as the two unions UAW Local 2865 and UAW Local 5810 – which represents University of California academic student employees and graduate student, academic and postdoctoral researchers, announced in a press release Wednesday afternoon that it voted to hold a strike authorization vote as soon as next week.
By Constanza Montemayor
A Closer Look
April 30, 2024 2:41 p.m.Protester detained by UCPD atop Powell scaffolding, classes affected by encampment
For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment, see here.
Police detained a student protester inside Powell Library for an hour Tuesday morning.
By Constanza Montemayor
California
March 3, 2024 6:12 p.m.Proposition 1 to be voted on in upcoming primary elections, divides policy experts
This post was updated March 6 at 1:19 p.m.
Policy experts remain largely skeptical of the merits of Proposition 1, which plans to reallocate and add state funding toward housing and treatment for unhoused people with mental illness.
By Constanza Montemayor
A Closer Look
Nov. 16, 2023 7:56 p.m.Students show support for Palestine, call for UC Regents to divest from BlackRock
Dozens of students demonstrated in support of Palestine and called for divestment from companies involved with weapons manufacturing outside of the Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center and Murphy Hall on Thursday.
The assembly began at 8:15 a.m.
By Constanza Montemayor
Higher Education
Oct. 2, 2023 7:19 p.m.White House press briefing addresses college affordability, mental health
This post was updated Oct. 3 at 11: 55 p.m.
The Biden-Harris administration hosted its first virtual campus press briefing of the academic year Sept. 25 to address student concerns in higher education.
By Maya Vibhakar and Constanza Montemayor
News
May 18, 2023 10:04 p.m.Power outage forces premature closure of Epicuria at Covel
A power outage Thursday forced Epicuria at Covel, one of UCLA’s residential restaurants, to close early.
The dining hall, which offers Mediterranean food to students on the Hill, closed early Thursday evening, over an hour before its normal closing time of 9 p.m.
By Constanza Montemayor and Dylan Winward
A Closer Look
April 16, 2023 10:01 p.m.Five UCLA professors receive 2023 Guggenheim fellowships
Five UCLA professors were selected as 2023 Guggenheim fellows.
The names of the 171 individuals selected as this year’s awardees were announced April 5 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
By Constanza Montemayor
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