State senator Scott Wiener announced a bipartisan ballot measure intended to backfill research funding amid the Trump administration’s cuts in a press conference Friday. Senate Bill 895 – joint-authored by state senators Sasha Perez and Aisha Wahab – was first introduced to the state senate Thursday. Read more...
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Los Angeles, National, News
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January 16, 11:50 am
UCLA groups join LA protests condemning ICE, Nicolás Maduro capture
UCLA student groups and labor unions joined thousands of protesters in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday to condemn violent acts by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the U.S. Read more...
California, National, News
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January 16, 12:25 am
UCLA economists predict deportations, elevated employment may impact US economy
UCLA economists predicted that investments in artificial intelligence may propel the United States’ GDP in the first quarter of 2026, while the labor market will weaken. Read more...
A Closer Look, Campus, Higher Education, National, News
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January 15, 7:01 pm
Q&A: Julio Frenk condemns federal cuts, pledges future budget transparency
This post was updated Jan. 16 at 1:36 a.m. Chancellor Julio Frenk completed his first full year in office Jan. 1. News editor Alexandra Crosnoe and campus politics editor Natalia Mochernak sat down with Frenk to discuss federal research funding cuts, UCLA’s budgetary shortfall, protections for undocumented students and Time, Place and Manner policies. Read more...
Academics, California, Los Angeles, National, News, Science & Health
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January 14, 7:19 pm
UCLA health experts voice concern over CDC child vaccination guideline rollbacks
When Dr. Deborah Lehman did her medical training about 40 years ago, cases of bacterial meningitis were common, often sending patients to the hospital, leaving them neurologically impaired and, in severe cases, killing them. Read more...
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January 13, 10:45 pm
Writer Sammy Roth urges accurate, engaging storytelling in climate journalism
Environmental journalist Sammy Roth emphasized the importance of accurate and engaging storytelling in the fight against climate change during a Friday event. Roth has spent more than a decade reporting on climate change, energy, policy and the intersection of the environment and pop culture. Read more...
Higher Education, National, News
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January 13, 6:19 pm
Former UCLA EDI official says he was terminated over Charlie Kirk posts
This post was updated Jan. 14 at 9:31 a.m. An official in UCLA’s office of equity, diversity and inclusion said UCLA fired him Monday over social media posts in which he expressed satisfaction about the murder of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk. UCLA put Johnathan Perkins, the EDI office’s former director of race and equity, on investigatory leave in September after he posted comments in which he appeared to celebrate Kirk’s death on the social media platform Bluesky. Read more...