This post was updated May 19 at 1:51 p.m.
A University of California coalition rallied outside the UC Board of Regents meeting Tuesday to call for divestment from companies involved with weapons manufacturing. 
UC Divest, a coalition of organizations committed to ideas such as anti-imperialism, anti-colonialism and anti-war, began protesting at 8:30 a.m.

For most of my life, I never thought about what it truly meant to be a first-generation college student. Where I grew up, a person who was a first-generation student was as common as a person who breathed air – until I came to UCLA.

This post was updated March 27 at 11:36 p.m.
UCLA will guarantee four years of housing for incoming freshmen and two years of housing for transfer students starting fall 2022.

The Daily Bruin won 20 journalism awards from the California College Media Association on Saturday. 
The Bruin received first place in eight categories, including best newspaper website, best photo series, best multimedia package and best interactive graphic.

University of California Board of Regents member Richard Blum died Sunday evening at the age of 86 after a long medical history with cancer. 
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Blum’s wife, released a statement Monday morning announcing his death. 
“My heart is broken today,” Feinstein said in the statement.

This post was updated Feb. 28 at 12:29 a.m.
UCLA received the largest number of applications across the University of California system for the second year in a row for fall 2022, but systemwide transfer applications decreased by almost 6,000.

This post was updated Jan. 18 at 7:46 p.m.
The University of California officially recognized the student researchers union in its entirety in December.
Student Researchers United-United Auto Workers, a union that represents more than 17,000 UC student researchers, announced in a press release that the University agreed to recognize a union including student researchers, trainees and fellows Dec.

This post was updated Dec. 14 at 2:46 p.m.
Apartments in Westwood experienced power and wireless internet service outages Tuesday morning.
At approximately 8:16 a.m., both private and university owned apartments across Strathmore Avenue, Levering Avenue, Glenrock Avenue, Kelton Avenue and Landfair Avenue lost power.

This post was updated Nov. 17 at 11:33 p.m.
University of California lecturers will no longer strike after coming to a tentative agreement with the UC on contract negotiations Wednesday.

This post was updated Nov. 14 at 4:07 p.m.
Members of a University of California lecturers’ union will go on strike across all campuses Wednesday and Thursday.