This post was updated Aug. 15 at 5:53 p.m. University of California student workers held a rally Tuesday to put pressure on the University to accept their demands for their new contract. Roughly 100 people from United Auto Workers Local 2865 and its allies set up tents and banners outside of Murphy Hall to demand […]
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School of Law receives over $2M in donations toward its food policy center
The UCLA School of Law received a gift of $2.375 million toward the Resnick Center for Food Law and Policy, according to a university press release published Wednesday. Lynda and Stewart Resnick, who founded the center in 2013, made this contribution to help strengthen research and educational resources. It co-sponsors the annual UCLA-Harvard Food Law […]
Librarians bargain with UCOP about academic freedom, temporary positions
University of California librarians held a rally Thursday to support their cause during a bargaining session with the UC Office of the President. About 100 people attended the rally, which was held by University Council-AFT, a union that represents UC librarians and non-Senate faculty, in front of Charles E. Young Research Library during the fourth […]
Campus programs capitalize on allocated funding to combat food insecurity
Food security programs at UCLA taught students how to cook and expanded student efforts to fight food insecurity on campus following a funding allocation from the University of California. The University of California Office of the President allocated $151,000 to UCLA in 2016 to combat food insecurity over two years by funding food security programs, […]
Colleagues recognize head of UCLA Army ROTC as she leaves for Pentagon position
One of the highlights of Lt. Col. Shannon Stambersky’s career was when she saw cadets step outside of their comfort zones and embrace their host country’s culture during a three-week summer training program in Indonesia. During her time at UCLA, Stambersky pioneered a summer cultural exchange program with 30 cadets in Surabaya, Indonesia, and will […]
Retiring professors leave behind legacy of passion for Near Eastern archaeology
Two longtime faculty members from the UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology are retiring this month. Professors Elizabeth Carter and Robert Englund will be retiring after multiple decades of teaching at UCLA. Carter has taught at UCLA for 40 years, and Englund has taught for 22 years. Kara Cooney, the chair of the Department of Near […]
Retiring psychology professor reflects on, encourages interdisciplinary research
David Sears said he once flirted with former President Barack Obama during a photo opportunity. “He said, ‘Where do you teach?’ and I said UCLA, and he said, ‘Oh, my wife was just there last spring and she said it was such a beautiful campus,’” Sears said. “Then I said, ‘Well, your wife has wonderful […]