Campus
June 27, 2026 3:55 p.m.
The UC flag is pictured. Defending Education, a national organization, filed a lawsuit against the University on June 18, alleging that the UC’s sexual harassment policies and anti-discrimination training violated free expression. (Kai Dizon/Assistant Photo editor)
A conservative group filed a lawsuit against the UC on June 18, alleging that the University’s sexual harassment policies and anti-discrimination training violated free speech.
Defending Education, a national organization, alleged that by defining deadnaming – the practice of intentionally using a transgender person’s given name rather than their lived name – as potential sexual harassment, the UC has suppressed students’ opinions.
By Victor Simoes
Campus
June 26, 2026 6:11 p.m.A new club is using art to support Asian American survivors of domestic violence.
Project Medusa, a student-led initiative founded in February, puts on creative workshops for domestic violence survivors in Los Angeles.
By Nury Salazar-Ibanez
Academics
June 25, 2026 4:34 p.m.UCLA comparative literature department to offer health humanities minor in fall
UCLA will offer a minor in health humanities starting this fall.
The minor, housed under the comparative literature department, is an interdisciplinary program that examines how health and medicine are shaped by literature, culture, history and social experience, according to the department’s website.
By Aimee Zhang
California
June 25, 2026 4:01 p.m.Higher minimum wage offers some relief amid California’s rising cost of living
Anneliese Fiegl, a senior student supervisor at Kerckhoff Coffeehouse, uses most of her earnings to pay for tuition and educational expenses.
The rising third-year biochemistry student earns $20.75 per hour overseeing other employees for around 10 hours each week.
By Izzy Becker
Los Angeles
June 18, 2026 9:55 a.m.UCLA alumnus’s pioneering endometriosis treatment plans to enter clinical trials
This post was updated June 19 at 12:08 a.m.
A new endometriosis treatment developed by a UCLA alumnus will enter clinical trials after receiving Food and Drug Administration clearance in March.
By Catherine Wang and Leilani Krantz
California
June 16, 2026 9:08 p.m.State legislature passes budget with funding increase for UC
The California State Legislature approved a state budget Monday to increase the UC’s funding by approximately $350 million for the upcoming fiscal year.
Legislators will negotiate with Gov.
By Lilly Leonhardt
News
June 13, 2026 8:04 p.m.Dancer University teaches local salsa, bachata classes students don’t want to drop
After teaching Latin dances for 16 years, UCLA alumnus Nicole Gil is looking to build community in Westwood through new classes.
Dancer University, a Los Angeles-based Latin dance organization, hosted a salsa and bachata class in Westwood on May 23.
By Charlotte Martling
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