A UCLA student is running to be California’s next governor. Carolina Buhler, a rising fourth-year earth and environmental science student, announced Monday that she will enter California’s 2026 gubernatorial race as a Democrat. Read more...
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June 19, 10:40 am
California State Legislature rejects Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed UC funding cuts
The California State Legislature rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed funding cuts to the UC in its June 9 revision of the state budget. The legislature passed a state budget amounting to $325 billion Friday, rejecting Newsom’s proposed cuts of $129.7 million to the UC. Read more...
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June 13, 9:11 pm
US Marines stationed at federal building in Westwood; 1 person detained
Around 40 United States Marines were stationed at the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood – and had detained one person – as of 4:40 p.m Friday. About 200 Marines arrived in Westwood on Friday morning, according to CBS News. Read more...
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June 8, 6:43 pm
‘A man of action’: UC Board of Regents appoints James Milliken as UC president
This post was updated Jun 10 at 2:00 p.m. James Milliken is no stranger to leading a university. Milliken, who has worked in higher education since 1988, previously led the University of Nebraska, the City University of New York and the University of Texas systems. Read more...
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June 5, 12:56 am
UCLA students exchange AI-driven data solutions in Healthcare Analytics Symposium
Students, researchers and health care leaders convened for the second annual Healthcare Analytics Symposium at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on May 16. Hosted by the Morrison Family Center for Marketing and Data Analytics and the UCLA Anderson’s Master of Science in Business Analytics program, participants at the symposium shared perspectives on potential solutions to health care’s most complex data management problems. Read more...
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June 3, 10:25 pm
Medical community claims unilateral UCLA leadership support in Israel-Hamas war
On Oct. 16, 2023 – nine days after an attack by Palestinian political party and militant group Hamas killed around 1,200 people in Israel, and more than 2,700 Palestinians were killed by Israeli retaliatory airstrikes – UCLA Health administrative leaders sent an email to the medical community. Read more...
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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...