Campus
May 3, 2025 6:31 p.m.
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.
By Shaun Thomas
Higher Education
May 2, 2025 4:18 p.m.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.
By Alexandra Crosnoe
A Closer Look
April 27, 2025 5:43 p.m.UCLA researchers express concerns on academic funding cuts, NIH indirect costs cap
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%.
By Savan Bollu and Josephine Murphy
California
April 23, 2025 12:01 a.m.UCLA California Health Professional Student Alliance lobbies for health care
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.
By Emily Zhao
California
April 21, 2025 12:14 a.m.UCLA Law students lead protest against professor who opposes affirmative action
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.
By Evelin Zaragoza Meza
Campus
April 17, 2025 11:41 p.m.Students with disabilities sue UCLA, UC Regents for discrimination
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.
By Anna Dai-Liu
Higher Education
April 13, 2025 11:12 p.m.UCLA Faculty Association protests recent student visa revocations in downtown LA
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.
By Gabrielle Gillette
A Closer Look
April 10, 2025 11:01 p.m.‘Is it selfish for me to go?’: UCLA applicants worry over immigration crackdowns
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.
By Lilly Leonhardt
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