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January 11, 11:12 am

USAC officers fight back against Trump administration’s grant cuts to UCLA

Undergraduate Students Association Council officers said they have tried to fight for students’ interests amid the Trump administration’s grant cuts to UCLA. The Trump administration suspended nearly 800 of UCLA’s research grants from the National Science Foundation, the United States Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health in early July, alleging that UCLA allowed antisemitism, affirmative action and “men to participate in women’s sports.” Rita F. Read more...

Photo: A research lab at UCLA is pictured. Officers of the Undergraduate Students Association Council criticized the pull of research funding and other actions by the Trump administration in the last six months. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Academics, International, National, News, Science & Health

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January 9, 10:27 pm

Q&A: Mary E. Brunkow shares research journey, urges scientific curiosity

This post was updated Jan. 13 at 9:42 p.m. “Scurfy” mice, DNA sequencing and a Seattle biotechnology company were integral to the research that Mary E. Read more...

Photo: Mary E. Brunkow, one of the 2025 Nobel laureates, is pictured. Brunkow, UCLA alumnus Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi earned the prize for their work in discovering the Foxp3 gene and its crucial function in regulatory T-cell development. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)

Campus, National, News

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January 9, 6:11 pm

Trump mischaracterizes Undie Run video as reaction to Nicolas Maduro capture

This post was updated Jan. 11 at 10:02 p.m. President Donald Trump mischaracterized a video of UCLA students participating in the quarterly Undie Run as Venezuelans celebrating the ousting of deposed President Nicolas Maduro in a post to his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday. Read more...

Photo: President Donald Trump mischaracterized a video of UCLA students participating in the quarterly Undie Run as Venezuelans celebrating the ousting of deposed President Nicolas Maduro in a post to his social media platform Truth Social on Sunday. The post is pictured. (Aidan Sun/Assistant Photo editor)

California, Los Angeles, National, News

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January 8, 10:59 pm

Uncertainty for AmeriCorps leads to less support, planning concerns for CA programs

Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. The Trump administration withheld more than $184 million in grants from AmeriCorps, which provides funding to a variety of community service programs – mainly focusing on education, public health and environmental stewardship – last spring. Read more...

Photo: The AmeriCorps volunteer website is pictured. Federal funding cuts have left the futures of thousands of volunteering opportunities for California college students uncertain since April 2025. (Joice Ngo/Daily Bruin)

California, Los Angeles, National, News

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January 8, 10:57 pm

Q&A: Professor Amada Armenta talks impact of immigration-related arrests on Los Angeles

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have arrested more than 10,000 people in Los Angeles since June, according to the U.S. Read more...

Photo: The Luskin School of Public Affairs is pictured. Amada Armenta, an associate professor, sat down with the Daily Bruin to discuss how an uptick in immigration-related arrests has impacted LA. (Daily Bruin file photo)

Academics, Higher Education, National, News, Regents

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January 8, 8:35 pm

Judge finalizes ruling against UCLA lecturer who sued UC administrators in 2021

This post was updated Jan. 8 at 10:04 p.m. A Santa Monica Superior Court judge officially sided with UC administrators Monday in a lawsuit brought by a UCLA lecturer who alleged he was unfairly put on leave in 2020 and requested $13 million in damages.   The move followed Judge H. Read more...

Photo: Gordon Klein, a continuing lecturer at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, is pictured. A Santa Monica Superior Court judge officially sided with UC administrators Monday in a lawsuit brought by Klein, who alleged he was unfairly put on leave in 2020 and requested $13 million in damages. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)

Higher Education, National, News

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December 23, 8:45 pm

UCLA professor Mark Tramo’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein raise mixed student reactions

This post was updated Jan. 6 at 10:11 p.m. Recently publicized communications between a UCLA professor and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sparked varying levels of disapproval among students. Read more...

Photo: UCLA’s Schoenberg Hall is pictured. Recently publicized communications between a UCLA professor and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein sparked varying levels of disapproval among students. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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