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)
Government officials explored sustainable ways of responding to the Los Angeles fires at the seventh annual UCLA Luskin Summit on April 16. The event was held at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. Read more...
Photo: Panelists at the Luskin Summit, including Mayor Karen Bass, are pictured. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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)
