Author Archives: Shaun Bishop

Critics of UCLA’s proposed switch to a semester system voiced their misgivings Wednesday to representatives from universities that have already made the conversion. The second such town hall meeting of the year began with members of peer universities sharing experiences of their universities’ transition between academic calendars. The 50 faculty in attendance then peppered the […]

The latest chapter in the possible switch to a semester system takes place today as the Academic Senate hosts a town hall meeting featuring speakers from universities that have made the switch. Representatives from UC Berkeley and the University of Minnesota will answer questions from students and faculty regarding UCLA’s possible change to an academic […]

Four months after being hired for $1.9 million by UCLA Healthcare, the Hunter Group consulting firm presented their preliminary recommendations to a packed auditorium of medical faculty on on how to deal with the hospital’s current financial hardships. The meeting was intended to give faculty a thorough understanding of the broader context of the hospital’s […]

From San Diego to Sacramento, hundreds of University of California workers took to the streets Wednesday to voice their dissatisfaction with the UC’s labor contract negotiations. Six unions representing a range of workers from food service to researchers participated in noontime rallies at seven UC campuses: San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Riverside, Berkeley, Davis […]

Listening to someone talk about AIDS in a classroom is one way to learn about the condition. Looking a person in the eye who lives with an affliction that, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is a leading cause of death in American adults is a very different kind of education. UCLA […]

Directors of the four UCLA ethnic research centers introduced an initiative to increase faculty diversity at a town hall meeting Tuesday, drawing broad support from students, faculty and community members who attended. “For us to come together collectively gives us more strength and allows us to make a more coherent argument,” said Darnell Hunt, director […]

The four ethnic research centers at UCLA will unveil a proposal today asking the university for additional faculty to help the centers keep pace with California’s growing minority population. The Faculty Diversity Initiative calls for an additional 24 jobs out of some 200 new teaching jobs granted to UCLA to handle an expected enrollment increase […]