Editorial: UC must be more transparent with sexual misconduct records

Instead of letting sexual harassment investigation reports grow dusty in filing cabinets, the University of California should regularly publish information about violations to inform the community of their scale and severity. Last week, in response to public records requests from various media outlets, the UC released final investigation and disciplinary reports on sexual violence and […]

Bruins hope for more transparency following Title IX document release

Campus groups who focus on preventing and addressing sexual harassment said they hope the release of Title IX reports by the University of California will lead to more transparency. Bruins Against Sexual Harassment, United Auto Workers Local 2865 and Bruin Consent Coalition have protested UCLA’s settlement of a lawsuit with history professor Gabriel Piterberg on […]

Twenty-five UCLA employees identified in UC sexual harassment reports

UCLA had 25 cases of faculty, staff and employees who sexually harassed university community members between 2013 and 2016, the second-highest number among the 10 UC campuses, according to documents released by University of California campuses Tuesday. A former director of a prominent program at the UCLA School of Law, multiple staff members in the UCLA […]

Professor emeritus found to have violated UC sexual misconduct policy

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 10 p.m. A UCLA professor emeritus was one of at least 25 UCLA faculty, staff and contractors who violated sexual misconduct policy within the past three years, according to documents received by The Daily Californian. Eric Gans, a French and Francophone studies distinguished professor emeritus, violated the UC […]