Members of the University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents researchers and technical workers – strike on campus Thursday. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents service, patient care and skilled craft workers – also struck Thursday in response to the UC’s systemwide hiring freeze. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 6 at 10:39 p.m.
Two major UC unions struck on campus Thursday, limiting access to dining halls and cleaning services.
The University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 – which represents researchers and technical workers – and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 – which represents service, patient care and skilled craft workers – called for the strike in response to the UC’s systemwide hiring freeze.
This post was updated May 6 at 10:26 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents appointed James Milliken to be the University’s next president Friday.
Milliken, the current chancellor of the University of Texas system, will assume the role Aug.
This post was updated April 27 at 10:17 p.m.
UCLA researchers expressed concerns about academic funding cuts under the Trump administration.
The National Institutes of Health announced it would cap indirect costs for its grants at 15%, a decline from its previous average for indirect cost rates between 27% and 28%.
Undergraduate students from the UCLA and UC Berkeley chapters of the California Health Professional Student Alliance traveled to the California State Capitol to lobby for health equity.
Around 100 people rallied in the Shapiro Courtyard on Thursday to protest against a UCLA School of Law professor who opposes affirmative action.
The rally, hosted by the Black Law Students Association and several other student organizations, protested Richard Sander, co-founder of the anti-affirmative action group Students Against Racial Discrimination, which sued the UC on Feb.
This post was updated April 18 at 7:00 p.m.
Two students are suing UCLA and the UC Board of Regents for allegedly discriminating against people with disabilities, thereby violating federal and state law.
Around 150 people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon for UCLA Faculty Association’s protest against student visa revocations.
The protest, hosted alongside California Faculty Association and several other Southern California organizations, intended to rally against recent student visa revocations and deportations.
Editor’s note: This post was updated on April 27, 2025, at 8:02 p.m. to provide retroactive anonymity to a source due to safety concerns.
UC applicants expressed concerns about attending college following recent immigration crackdowns by President Donald Trump’s administration.
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