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March 20, 2026 11:20 p.m.
Katherine Newman, the UC’s provost and executive vice president of academic affairs, is pictured at UC San Francisco. Nearly half of all UC undergraduates and one-third of graduate students are currently facing food insecurity, according to data presented at a UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
SAN FRANCISCO – Nearly half of all UC undergraduates and one-third of graduate students are currently facing food insecurity, according to data presented at a UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday.
By Maggie Konecky
Higher Education
March 20, 2026 8:04 p.m.UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, following a Wednesday New York Times investigation which revealed his alleged sex abuse.
The committee – which received the request from the department Wednesday – sent its recommendation to Chancellor Julio Frenk and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, according to a Friday letter obtained by the Daily Bruin.
By Natalia Mochernak
Higher Education
March 20, 2026 1:41 a.m.Attending UCLA’s School of Dentistry is going to get more expensive
SAN FRANCISCO – The UC Board of Regents approved a tuition increase for UCLA’s dentistry program at its Wednesday meeting.
The academic and student affairs committee approved the tuition increase for the dentistry program – as well as for a nursing program at UC Irvine and pharmacy programs at UCI and UC San Francisco – at its bimonthly meeting, held Tuesday and Wednesday at UCSF.
By Josephine Murphy
Academics
March 19, 2026 12:04 a.m.UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department votes to remove César E. Chávez from its name
This post was updated March 19 at 10:45 a.m.
UCLA’s Chicana/o studies department unanimously voted Wednesday afternoon to remove César E. Chávez from its name following sexual abuse allegations against the labor leader.
By Amanda Velasco and Natalia Mochernak
Higher Education
March 15, 2026 3:19 p.m.‘Just trying to advance your work’: Mark Tramo’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein
A UCLA professor sought donations from and spoke about his scientific research with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the financier’s initial 2008 conviction, according to U.S.
By Phoebe Huss
Academics
March 13, 2026 10:30 p.m.UC reaches tentative agreements with 3 United Auto Workers units
The UC reached tentative agreements with three United Auto Workers units that had threatened to strike, the units announced Friday.
The tentative agreement, if approved, will become the first contracts for Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW and Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW, which were officially recognized by the University in April and September, respectively.
By Josephine Murphy
Campus
March 12, 2026 6:06 p.m.UC UAW units may strike ‘as soon as next week’ if University doesn’t meet demands
Union members representing UC academic and research employees said at a demonstration Thursday that they plan to strike as soon as next week if the University does not meet their contract demands.
By Josephine Murphy and Natalia Mochernak
Academics
March 6, 2026 8:29 p.m.UCLA professor to retire, cancel spring class amid criticism over Epstein ties
This post was updated March 8 at 9:45 p.m.
Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sex offenses, including against minors, which some readers may find disturbing.
By Natalia Mochernak
Campus
Feb. 24, 2026 8:45 p.m.UC and UC-AFT negotiations tentatively set to begin in March
This post was updated Feb. 24 at 11:37 p.m.
UC lecturers are tentatively set to begin negotiations with the University in March.
The unit of the University Council-American Federation of Teachers representing lecturers reached its current contract with the University in November 2021.
By Josephine Murphy and Delilah Brumer
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