A letter to campus leaders from Katherine Newman, the UC provost and executive vice chancellor of academic affairs, is pictured. In the letter, Newman outlined changes to University hiring practices when it comes to diversity.(Zimo Li/Photo editor)
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.
The UC announced it would implement a systemwide hiring freeze in response to recent federal and state policies which threaten to cut the University’s budget.
UC President Michael Drake announced the move in a Wednesday email, saying that recent policies implemented by President Donald Trump’s administration endanger the University’s education, medical and research funds.
A panel of legal experts warned that recent federal executive orders threaten reproductive and gender rights during a UCLA School of Law event March 6.
The panel – hosted by the UCLA Law Center on Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy, in partnership with Yale Law School’s Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice and Temple University Beasley School of Law – discussed issues in the growing fight for gender and reproductive justice under the new Trump administration.
Kaylee Johnson is open about her father’s far-right radicalization.
Johnson was featured in the documentary “Dear Kelly,” released Jan. 15 and directed by Andrew Callaghan – an independent journalist and creator of “Channel 5” on YouTube.
President Donald Trump nominated Nicholas Kent as undersecretary of education, where, if approved by the Senate, he will oversee federal policies impacting colleges and universities.
William Purdy, a professor of education and information studies at UCLA, said Kent’s nomination signals a shift from the Trump administration’s previous approach to education, with the new administration focusing increasingly on university settings.
This post was updated March 9 at 9:09 p.m.
Over 1,000 people – including students and scientists – protested Trump administration executive orders related to science and health at a Stand Up For Science rally Friday.
Protesters gathered at noon at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Veteran Avenue to protest, hear speeches and write letters to government representatives.
This post was updated March 7 at 1:30 a.m.
The United States Department of Justice announced Wednesday it had opened an investigation into the UC over alleged antisemitic treatment of its employees.
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post Tuesday that he will revoke federal funding from universities that allow “illegal” protests – and expel or arrest American students who participate.
This post was updated March 2 at 11:23 p.m.
A UCLA comparative literature course is expanding access to educational materials with a textbook generated using artificial intelligence.
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