This post was updated April 1 at 11:05 p.m.
Students at the Fielding School of Public Health are told to focus on vulnerable communities.
So teaching a class on Palestine – the site of what the World Health Organization calls an emergency situation – seemed only natural for a group of the school’s students.

Thirty-five pro-Palestine protesters, many of who participated in last spring’s Palestine solidarity encampment, announced Thursday they will be suing the UC, UCLA, police forces and counter-protesters.

Five people struck a student in the face and took his clothes in Dickson Plaza early Thursday morning while thousands of students participated in UCLA’s “Undie Run.”
The incident happened around 12:20 a.m.

The UC announced Wednesday that it will no longer require diversity statements as part of hiring processes.
The University has asked job applicants to explain how they would contribute to diversity, equity and inclusion at the university since the 2000s, according to the Los Angeles Times.

This post was updated March 13 at 11:54 a.m.
UCPD arrested one person Wednesday evening for grand theft auto after he stole a student’s electronic bike.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said it sent two squads to back up police who cleared last spring’s Palestine solidarity encampment – but only after an acting captain told the Daily Bruin it hadn’t participated at all.

This post was updated Feb. 17 at 11:08 p.m.
A major UC union announced Friday that it will go on a two-day strike later this month.

This post was updated Feb. 6 at 10:25 p.m.
Pro-Palestine protesters demonstrated outside UC Regent Jay Sures’ Brentwood house early Wednesday morning.
The protest, organized by Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine at UCLA, began before 7:30 a.m.

A fire that started 1.8 miles away from the UCLA campus on Wednesday evening has been 60% contained.
The Sepulveda fire started around 11 p.m. Wednesday near the Getty Center, prompting evacuation warnings bordering the campus.

This post was updated Jan. 20 at 11:35 p.m.
UCPD arrested one person Thursday for adding leaves and brush to a fire on campus.
Officers arrested the person at the Hilgard Bus Turnaround and discovered they had an illegal knife, according to a post on the department’s Instagram.