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Dec. 4, 2025 9:26 p.m.
UC Regent Jose Hernandez, a former astronaut and son of migrant workers, is picture. Hernandez spoke to students at an event hosted at the Latinx Success Center Nov. 21. (Victor Simoes/Daily Bruin)
UC Regent Jose Hernandez expressed approval for recent tuition hikes and spoke about his background as a migrant farmworker at a fireside chat in the Latinx Success Center on Nov.
By Victor Simoes
Higher Education
Nov. 19, 2025 5:35 p.m.This post was updated Nov. 20 at 11:47 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents approved tuition raises for future students Wednesday following opposition from students across the UC system.
The Tuition Stability Plan – which was first developed under former UC President Michael Drake – was approved by the UC Board of Regents in July 2021.
By Josephine Murphy
News
Nov. 9, 2025 10:59 p.m.Judge rules lawsuit against UC Regents for encampment sweep can proceed
This post was updated Nov. 11 at 11:22 p.m.
A judge ruled Nov. 4 that a lawsuit alleging that the UC violated free speech rights while clearing the spring 2024 Palestine solidarity encampment could move forward.
By Victor Simoes
Higher Education
Oct. 28, 2025 11:46 p.m.UCLA faculty rally against Trump administration’s settlement demands
The UCLA Faculty Association called on UCLA to preserve academic freedom at a Monday rally following the release of the Trump administration’s settlement demands.
Around 40 people attended the noon rally at the bottom of Janss Steps, where professors and doctors gave speeches condemning the Trump administration’s proposed settlement terms publicized Friday.
By Amanda Velasco and Alexis Muchnik
Campus
Sept. 17, 2025 1:46 p.m.UC Regents approves additional $2 million allocation to emergency power system
This post was updated Sept. 22 at 2:20 p.m.
A UC Board of Regents committee voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend allocating an additional $2 million to replace an outdated UCLA emergency power system.
The project, first approved in 2020, will upgrade the emergency power system for the Center for Health Sciences and its adjacent buildings to ensure that research, clinical activities and safety remain protected in case of a power outage.
By Dylan Winward
Los Angeles
Aug. 14, 2025 7:24 p.m.UC Regent Jay Sures required to pay legal fees for pro-Palestine UCLA student
This post was updated Aug. 24 at 7:41 p.m.
A court ruled Thursday that UC Regent Jay Sures must pay $150,624 of graduate student Dylan Kupsh’s legal fees after Sures unsuccessfully attempted to file a restraining order against him.
Kupsh – along with around 50 other pro-Palestine protesters – demonstrated outside Sures’ Brentwood home in February, calling him “responsible for protecting UC investments in genocide and weapons manufacturing.” Lawyers representing Sures initially alleged that Kupsh was a “ringleader” among the protesters, but were unable to prove the claim in court.
By Maggie Konecky
News
Aug. 3, 2025 2:30 p.m.Community members ask UC Regents to protect jobs, programs amid budget uncertainty
Community members, students and faculty called on the UC Board of Regents to raise staff and health care workers’ wages, protect programs impacted by losses in federal funding and reverse layoffs at the board’s July meeting.
By Saya Mueller and Zimo Li
Higher Education
July 21, 2025 7:38 p.m.UC Regents met to discuss alumni outcomes, reporting resources, policy center
This post was updated July 27 at 8:25 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents discussed alumni outcomes, considered campus reporting resources for students and introduced the UC Student and Policy Center on July 16.
By Sarah Soroosh Moghadam
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