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National
March 21, 2026 8:06 p.m.
UC President James Milliken and UC Board of Regents’s Chair Janet Reilly are pictured at UC San Francisco. UC community members called on the University to support basic needs initiatives, repatriate Indigenous cultural items and restore certain academic support programs at the UC Board of Regents’s March meeting (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
UC community members called on the University to support basic needs initiatives, repatriate Indigenous cultural items and restore funding for certain academic support programs at the UC Board of Regents’s March meeting.
By Josephine Murphy
Higher Education
March 20, 2026 8:04 p.m.UCLA’s Honorific Naming Committee unanimously recommended the removal of Cesár E. Chávez’s name from the department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies on Friday, following a Wednesday New York Times investigation which revealed his alleged sex abuse.
The committee – which received the request from the department Wednesday – sent its recommendation to Chancellor Julio Frenk and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Darnell Hunt, according to a Friday letter obtained by the Daily Bruin.
By Natalia Mochernak
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
A Closer Look
March 14, 2026 12:32 a.m.UCLA Faculty Association, science advocates host Stand Up for Science protest
Science advocates and UCLA Faculty Association members called on Californians to support a bill that would put scientific research funding on the 2026 ballot at a Saturday protest in Westwood.
By Nicholas Mouchawar
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
Campus
March 5, 2026 9:58 p.m.Students debate activist Chloe Cole at Turning Point USA at UCLA event
UCLA students debated a conservative activist who opposes gender-affirming care for minors at a Turning Point USA event in Bruin Plaza on Wednesday.
The event – organized by TPUSA’s West Hollywood and UCLA chapters – was part of a series called “Pick up the Mic” which invites college students to debate Chloe Cole, a speaker who supports banning minors from receiving gender-affirming care after her own gender detransition.
By Lilly Wellons
California
March 4, 2026 11:07 p.m.Students call for UCLA to adopt sanctuary campus title amid immigration crackdown
This post was updated March 8 at 9:58 p.m.
Several student organizations have called for UCLA to designate itself as a sanctuary campus in response to the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.
By Mya Ward and Julian Duaybis
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