Thursday, October 29

UC sets world record for most Nobel laureates from a university system

This post was updated Oct. 19 at 11:21 p.m. UC faculty and alumni earned five Nobel prizes in a single year – the most by any university system in history.  Four UC faculty members and one alumnus won Nobel prizes related to physiology or medicine, chemistry and physics in 2025. Read more...

Photo: A person works in a lab at UCLA. UC faculty and alumni earned five Nobel laureates in a single year – the most by any university system in history. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)


Judge rules UC must publicize Trump administration settlement demands

This post was updated Oct. 14 at 11:30 p.m. A judge ruled Tuesday that the UC Board of Regents must publicize the Trump administration’s proposed settlement demands to UCLA. Read more...

Photo: Janss Steps are pictured. A judge ruled Tuesday that the UC Board of Regents must publicize the Trump administration’s proposed settlement demands to UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC Regents discuss UC Health spending, nurse working condition, University funding

This post was updated Oct. 12 at 9:38 p.m. The UC Board of Regents provided an overview of the UC Health’s community benefit spending, discussed raising tuition for students and heard public comment from union members during its September meeting. Read more...

Photo: UC San Francisco is pictured. The UC Board of Regents provided an overview of the UC Health’s community benefit spending, discussed raising tuition for students and heard public comment from union members during its September meeting. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC Regents approves new external auditor, senior VP $1.9 million incentive award

A UC Board of Regents committee approved a nearly $2 million bonus for the University’s chief investment officer Sept. 16. The governance committee unanimously approved an incentive award of $1,975,558 in three annual installments to Jagdeep Singh Bachher, the UC’s chief investment officer and senior vice president, for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. Read more...

Photo: Regent Janet Reilly is pictured. A UC Board of Regents committee approved a nearly $2 million bonus for the University’s chief investment officer Sept. 16. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


NIH temporarily reinstates suspended UCLA grants following federal judge decision

This post was updated Sept. 25 at 3:41 p.m. Nearly two months after the federal government froze over half a billion dollars in research funding to UCLA, the National Institutes of Health has temporarily reinstated its suspended grants Tuesday – abiding by a federal judge’s Monday ruling.  Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto announced the restatement in a Wednesday email to the UCLA community, where he added that the majority of the university’s suspended grants have temporarily been reinstated.  The federal government suspended $584 million dollars in funding to UCLA – including $500 million from the NIH – July 30 and 31. Read more...

Photo: A researcher works in a UCLA lab. Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto announced in a Wednesday email that UCLA’s suspended grants from the National Institutes of Health were reinstated. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA loses No. 1 public university title in 2026 US News & World Report ranking

This post was updated Sept. 26 at 12:15 p.m. UCLA is no longer the nation’s No. 1 public university after eight years on top in the U.S. Read more...

Photo: A “No. 1 public university” banner on UCLA’s campus is pictured. UCLA is no longer the nation’s top public university after eight years on top, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


Federal judge orders Trump administration to restore $500M of UCLA research grants

This post was updated Sept. 23 at 12:29 p.m. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million of UCLA’s research grants Monday, reinstating the vast majority of the university’s frozen funds. Read more...

Photo: A researcher works in a UCLA lab. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in research funding to UCLA on Monday, reinstating the vast majority of the university’s frozen funds. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)



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