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March 26, 2026 11:04 a.m.
An email from Reem Hanna-Harwell, UCLA’s interim chief financial officer, is pictured on a computer. UCLA is projected to generate a $220 million deficit for the 2025-26 fiscal year, Hanna-Harwell announced in a Thursday email. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated March 29 at 8:01 p.m.
UCLA is projected to generate a $220 million deficit for the 2025-26 fiscal year, its interim chief financial officer announced in a Thursday email.
By Natalia Mochernak
Higher Education
March 20, 2026 11:20 p.m.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
Academics
March 20, 2026 6:54 p.m.United Auto Workers units finalize agreements with UC, avoid strike
This post was updated March 24 at 9:10 a.m.
Three United Auto Workers units ratified contracts with the UC on Friday, averting a strike after months of bargaining.
The three units – UAW Local 4811’s academic student employees unit, Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW and Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW – represent more than 40,000 UC academic and research employees, including teaching assistants.
By Delilah Brumer
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
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
Higher Education
March 15, 2026 3:19 p.m.‘Just trying to advance your work’: Mark Tramo’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein
A UCLA professor sought donations from and spoke about his scientific research with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after the financier’s initial 2008 conviction, according to U.S.
By Phoebe Huss
Academics
March 13, 2026 10:30 p.m.UC reaches tentative agreements with 3 United Auto Workers units
The UC reached tentative agreements with three United Auto Workers units that had threatened to strike, the units announced Friday.
The tentative agreement, if approved, will become the first contracts for Student Services and Advising Professionals-UAW and Research and Public Service Professionals-UAW, which were officially recognized by the University in April and September, respectively.
By Josephine Murphy
Campus
March 12, 2026 6:06 p.m.UC UAW units may strike ‘as soon as next week’ if University doesn’t meet demands
Union members representing UC academic and research employees said at a demonstration Thursday that they plan to strike as soon as next week if the University does not meet their contract demands.
By Josephine Murphy and Natalia Mochernak
Academics
March 6, 2026 8:29 p.m.UCLA professor to retire, cancel spring class amid criticism over Epstein ties
This post was updated March 8 at 9:45 p.m.
Editor’s Note: This article contains references to sex offenses, including against minors, which some readers may find disturbing.
By Natalia Mochernak
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