This post was updated April 27 at 10:17 p.m. UCLA researchers expressed concerns about academic funding cuts under the Trump administration. The National Institutes of Health announced it would cap indirect costs for its grants at 15%, a decline from its previous average for indirect cost rates between 27% and 28%. Read more...
Photo: A chemistry lab is pictured. Many science-based labs have been affected by the academic funding cuts. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)
Iris Ramirez’s voice was thick with emotion as she looked at her mother, working at a sewing machine with her curly hair in a bun, on the projector screen. Read more...
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California has joined a lawsuit suing the Trump administration for cutting grants designed to combat a nationwide teacher shortage. Eight states sued the Trump administration for terminating $600 million worth of grants. Read more...
Photo: An empty lecture hall is pictured. California has joined a lawsuit suing the Trump administration for cutting grants designed to combat a nationwide teacher shortage. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The Los Angeles City Council honored graduate students at the Luskin School of Public Affairs on Friday for their studies in public policy, urban planning and social welfare. Read more...
Photo: The panel for Luskin Day at City Hall is pictured. The Los Angeles City Council honored graduate students at the Luskin School of Public Affairs on Friday for the annual event. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin)
Panelists called for research-informed LGBTQ+ health advocacy at the UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research and Health’s second annual Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research Symposium on March 18. Read more...
Photo: Ilan Meyer, a distinguished senior scholar of public policy at the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, receives the Distinguished Research Award in LGBTQ Health at the UCLA Center for LGBTQ+ Advocacy, Research and Health’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research symposium. The event, which took place March 18, was the center’s second annual symposium. (Vivian Stein/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated April 1 at 11:05 p.m. Students at the Fielding School of Public Health are told to focus on vulnerable communities. So teaching a class on Palestine – the site of what the World Health Organization calls an emergency situation – seemed only natural for a group of the school’s students. Read more...
Photo: Randall Kuhn speaks at a March 11 rally. The professor of community health sciences was set to be the instructor of record for a public health course – which was canceled – on Palestine. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
The UC Board of Regents discussed cross-campus educational initiatives and support for disabled students at a March 19 meeting. The board held its bimonthly meeting March 18 to March 20 at UCLA. Read more...
Photo: The UC Board of Regents’ academic and student affairs committee meets March 19 during its bimonthly meeting. The Board discussed cross-campus educational initiatives and support for disabled students. (Andrew Diaz/Daily Bruin)
