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August 25, 12:44 pm

UCLA pauses some international students’ work authorizations after ICE memo

This post was updated Aug. 30 at 11:20 p.m. UCLA paused some international students’ work authorizations after it received an Aug. 12 memo from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a UCLA Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.  Universities suspected of using curricular practical training programs to create employment for international students instead of reasons required for academic studies could lose their certification to enroll exchange and international students, the memo stated. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars is pictured. UCLA paused some international students’ work authorizations following an Aug. 12 memo from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Higher Education, National, News, Uncategorized

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August 24, 1:54 pm

Pentagon orders UCLA to audit foreign ties, threatens to cut research funding

This post was updated Aug. 30 at 11:24 p.m. The United States Department of Defense ordered UCLA on Aug. 17 to review its foreign partnerships or risk losing eligibility for future federal research funding, a U.S. Read more...

Photo: People walk on UCLA campus. The United States Department of Defense ordered UCLA on Aug. 17 to review its foreign partnerships or lose eligibility for future federal research funding. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Higher Education, National, News, UC

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August 22, 10:19 pm

Trump administration petitions Supreme Court to review ruling on UC grant termination

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6:07 p.m. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear an appeal to a ruling in favor of UC researchers who argued that it was illegal to terminate research grants based on diversity-related language. Read more...

Photo: The U.S. Department of Justice building is pictured. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to consider overturning a lower court ruling that bars the termination of grants based on the inclusion of diversity-related language on Tuesday. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin senior staff)

A Closer Look, National, News, Science & Health

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August 17, 2:00 pm

UCLA researcher awarded $250,000 grant to increase AI accessibility

This post was updated Sept. 4 at 3:01 p.m. A UCLA researcher received a new Amazon computing grant to make multilingual artificial intelligence more accessible. Saadia Gabriel, an assistant professor of computer science, was awarded $250,000 of compute credits – which provide processing time, memory and storage on online computer hardware – through Amazon’s Build on Trainium grant. Read more...

Photo: Saadia Gabriel, a grant recipient and assistant professor of computer science, is featured. Gabriel’s research aims to improve AI tools for millions of users in Africa. (Courtesy of Saadia Gabriel)

Higher Education, National, News

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August 13, 7:50 pm

Opportunity for All Act advances to state Senate floor after 5-2 committee vote

The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill Thursday that would allow undocumented students to hold on-campus jobs at UCLA and other public universities across the state. Read more...

Photo: A community member holds an Opportunity for All campaign sign. The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill Thursday that would allow undocumented students to hold on-campus jobs at UCLA and other public universities across the state. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Higher Education, National, News, UC

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August 11, 10:27 pm

UC joins 35 universities supporting Harvard against Trump administration

The UC signed on to an amicus brief filed July 22, standing by Harvard University’s April 2025 lawsuit against the Trump administration. The University was one of 36 colleges and universities that signed the brief, which urges the First Circuit Court of Appeals to side with Harvard in its lawsuit to restore the nearly $2.2 billion in research grants that the federal government suspended in April 2025. Read more...

Photo: Kerckhoff Hall, which frequently stands in for the Harvard University campus in movies and TV shows, is pictured. The UC signed on to an amicus brief filed July 22, standing by Harvard’s April 2025 lawsuit against the Trump administration. (Brighton Ludwig/Daily Bruin)

Academics, National, News, Science & Health

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July 26, 12:58 pm

Q&A: Professor Gail Wyatt discusses mental health advocacy in marginalized communities

This post was updated July 26 at 8:20 p.m. July is the Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month. The month honors Campbell, an advocate and author who co-founded the National Alliance on Mental Illness Urban Los Angeles to help people from marginalized backgrounds seek mental health services. Read more...

Photo: (Helen Sanders / Daily Bruin staff)


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