From posting daily dancing videos on Musical.ly as a teenager to becoming Miss Culver City at 21 years old, Sharlize True Trujillo has continued to achieve her goals. Read more...
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August 23, 9:17 am
LADWP contains water main burst, limits flooding to UCLA structures
A water main burst on Sunset Boulevard, flooding several UCLA structures, including parking lots 4 and 7 and the Intramural Field. The pipe has since been shut off and the water has been contained, a UCLA official said. (Kanishka Mehra/Photo editor)
By Bernard Mendez
This post was updated Aug. 23 at 2:30 p.m. A water main break that flooded multiple structures on campus Sunday morning has been contained, UCLA officials said.
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May 21, 12:29 am
UCLA experts share concerns over background of RFK Jr. as Secretary of HHS
UCLA researchers and policy experts said United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lacks qualifications for his role and could derail American research and public health efforts. Read more...
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May 20, 8:23 pm
Experts discuss AI implications following Trump administration executive order
Artificial intelligence experts at UCLA said AI deregulation creates cultural challenges and has significant business implications following a Trump administration executive order. One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders – executive order 14179 – passed in January and revoked previous AI regulation policies that he described as “barriers to American AI innovation.” Titled “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” the order places a high emphasis on global leadership and competition and deregulating AI. Read more...
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May 20, 2:00 pm
California Sens. Alex Padilla, Adam Schiff condemn student visa revocations
This post was updated May 20 at 11:07 p.m. Both of California’s United States Senators condemned the Trump administration’s revocations of student visas in a Tuesday letter to U.S. Read more...
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May 19, 9:59 pm
UCLA research programs hit by EPA cuts amid national changes to climate policy
UCLA researchers and policy experts expressed concerns about the qualifications of new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. Since his appointment, Zeldin has overseen the rollback of 31 environmental regulations and has attempted to revise the EPA’s 2009 findings that greenhouse gases endanger public health, according to an EPA press release. Read more...
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May 19, 8:53 pm
‘Fight to keep these papers alive’: Student journalists react to print budget cuts
Stefano Fendrich had only been editor in chief of the Daily Trojan for a few weeks when he received bad news. The University of Southern California’s Student Life office told him the paper had a budget deficit of $80,000, print was being cut from daily to three days a week and his staff would no longer be paid, Fendrich said. Read more...
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May 18, 8:47 pm
‘Tragic and devastating’: Scientists react to funding cuts for climate research
When Sara Graves wakes up every morning, she hopes the federal grants supporting her climate change research have not been cut. Graves – a doctoral student in atmospheric and oceanic sciences – works as a researcher at the UCLA Center for Climate Science, where she focuses on water conservation efforts, along with other climate-related research. Read more...
