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Higher Education
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
Campus
March 20, 2026 3:14 p.m.UCPD investigates e-scooter stolen from Dodd Hall amid rise in thefts
UCPD is investigating an electric scooter theft that happened at Dodd Hall on Wednesday evening, according to a Friday Clery Timely Warning.
Multiple e-scooters have been stolen across campus, with recent incidents occurring near Dodd Hall and Lu Valle Commons, according to the alert.
By Alexandra Crosnoe
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
National
March 19, 2026 12:42 p.m.UC investment officer discusses assets, what constitutes war-related investments
Pro-Palestine students and advocates have called on the UC to disclose and divest from companies allegedly associated with the Israeli military.
But at a Tuesday UC Board of Regents meeting, the UC’s Chief Investment Officer said he believes it is difficult to consider what constitutes supporting war – whether directly or tangentially – when it comes to the University’s investments, especially with regard to U.S.
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
A Closer Look
March 18, 2026 10:02 p.m.EVP office hosts fair promoting wellness resources, student health organizations
The Basic Needs Farmers Market and Health Fair connected hundreds of students with underused wellness resources.
The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s External Vice President, Sherry Zhou, hosted the fair in Wilson Plaza.
By Sashi Atkinson Osorio
News
March 18, 2026 4:01 p.m.UC Regents committee recommends $351 million for UCLA student housing project
This post was updated March 19 at 1:15 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents’s Finance and Capital Strategies Committee recommended a budget of $351 million to build new UCLA student housing on Levering Ave.
By Maggie Konecky
Los Angeles
March 18, 2026 2:25 p.m.UC approves $298.2 million budget to convert LA building into UCLA Health complex
The UC Board of Regents approved a $298.2 million budget Wednesday to convert a Los Angeles building into a UCLA Health complex.
The project will convert an office building in El Segundo into UCLA Health South Bay, which will house a Sports Medicine Institute and create community fill and specialty pharmacies.
By Josephine Murphy
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