Friday, January 30

District court judge to hear arguments on restoring suspended NIH grants to UCLA

This post was updated Aug. 31 at 10:55 p.m. A district court judge said Tuesday she will hear arguments over whether UCLA’s suspended National Institutes of Health grants should be restored.  The federal government suspended around 800 grants to UCLA from the NIH, National Science Foundation and U.S. Read more...

Photo: People stroll on Bruin Walk. A district court judge said Tuesday that she will hear arguments over whether UCLA’s suspended National Institutes of Health grants should be restored. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Students push for reproductive, education bills at IGNITE the Capitol California

Shaylyn Becton believes community college should have no barriers. That’s why she advocated for California Assembly Bill 1035 – a bill that would waive fees for community college students – as a California fellow for IGNITE, a civic engagement organization for women that holds an annual state-level advocacy conference, IGNITE the Capitol California. Read more...

Photo: (Helen Juwon Park/Illustrations director)



UCLA professors voice concern over public, political implications of funding cuts

Since March, the Trump administration has suspended the research grants of multiple elite private universities for allegedly allowing antisemitism on their campuses. But in July, it went after UCLA, a public university that experts said has fewer resources to handle the suspension of its grants and is more wrapped up in politics as one of the flagship universities of a blue state. Read more...

Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. Since March, the Trump administration has suspended the research grants of multiple elite private universities for allegedly allowing antisemitism on their campuses. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Mani Bhaumik funds new postdoctoral fellowship, increases intellection freedom

This post was updated Aug. 12 at 9:23 p.m. Amid the federal government’s freeze of over $500 million of UCLA’s research funding, Mani Bhaumik hopes to support postdoctoral candidates who want to continue researching at UCLA with a new fellowship. Read more...

Photo: The Mani L. Bhaumik Institute for Theoretical Physics is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Court orders Trump administration to explain legality of NSF cuts to UCLA

A district court judge ordered the Trump administration to explain its suspension of National Science Foundation grants to UCLA at a hearing Aug. 12. California district court judge Rita F. Read more...

Photo: California District Court Judge Rita F. Lin’s order, which said the Trump administration must explain its suspension of National Science Foundation grants to UCLA at a hearing Aug. 12, is pictured. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Court rules UC barring undocumented students from campus jobs is discriminatory

This post was updated Aug. 8 at 3:39 p.m. A California Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a UC policy barring undocumented students from holding on-campus jobs is unlawfully discriminatory. Read more...

Photo: A picket sign for the “Opportunity for All” movement – which advocates for undocumented students to be able to hold on-campus jobs at universities – is pictured. A California Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a UC policy barring undocumented students from holding on-campus jobs is unlawfully discriminatory. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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