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...
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This post was updated May 18 at 10:03 p.m. California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May 14 revision of the state budget reduced proposed funding cuts to the UC. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom and former UC President Mark Yudof are pictured. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May 14 revision of the state budget reduced proposed funding cuts to the UC. (Daily Bruin file photo)
College students said the California Community Colleges system has allowed them to pursue higher education at an affordable cost. As the largest system of higher education in the country, CCC collectively serves 2.1 million students. Read more...
Photo: A lecture hall is pictured. Students said the California Community Colleges system has allowed them to pursue higher education at an affordable cost. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced April 4 that he will seek trade negotiations with foreign leaders to spare California from retaliatory tariffs. Newsom said he wanted to seek negotiations in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which could trigger retaliatory tariffs with severe economic consequences. Read more...
Photo: California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks into a microphone. Newsom announced April 4 that he will seek trade negotiations with foreign leaders so California can avoid foreign tariffs. (Daily Bruin file photo)
CalFresh, a federally funded food assistance program, is a largely untapped resource for California college students, a recent UCLA study found. Researchers at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and California State University, Fullerton, published a report measuring the impact CalFresh has had on food-insecure students at schools across California. Read more...
A UCLA dermatologist called for urgent reforms to the Los Angeles health care system at a presentation April 23. Dr. Reza Babapour, a dermatologist and clinical faculty member at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, spoke at the event, which was co-hosted by pre-health student organizations, including Community Medicine in LA, Iranian Medical Society, LA Health Volunteers and Bruins Public Health. Read more...
Photo: Dr. Reza Babapour, a dermatologist and clinical faculty member at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, is pictured. (Courtesy of Chris Laszlo)
This post was updated May 6 at 9:36 a.m. California Attorney General Rob Bonta said he is doing everything within his power to protect people without legal status at a Friday UCLA School of Law event. Read more...
Photo: California Attorney General Rob Bonta (left) and Ahilan Arulanantham (right), faculty co-director at Center for Immigration Law and Policy at the School of Law, speak at a Friday event. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
