Monday, December 15

Students urge transparency during UC’s efforts to restore federal funding

Students urged the UC to protect its researchers and increase transparency amid federal negotiations to restore UCLA’s frozen research grants. The Trump administration suspended about 800 of UCLA’s research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Energy in late July. Read more...

Photo: Kendy Chen, a fifth-year biochemistry student, works at a lab. Students urged the UC to remain transparent as the federal government seeks a $1 billion settlement from UCLA to restore its research funding. (Courtesy of Arjun Pamidi)


Judge orders Trump administration to restore some of UCLA’s frozen research grants

This post was updated Aug. 24 at 7:45 p.m. The Trump administration must restore over a third of the research grants it froze from UCLA, a federal judge ordered Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration must restore over a third of the grants it froze from UCLA. (Daily Bruin file photo)


‘An attack on knowledge’: UCLA researchers say lifesaving research is in jeopardy

Dr. Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski has led organ transplant research at UCLA for nearly three decades. Kupiec-Weglinski, the vice chairman of basic science research in the David Geffen School of Medicine’s surgery department, said his research centers on improving organ transplant surgery outcomes amid the growing demand for transplants as the population ages. Read more...

Photo: Dr. William Zeiger’s lab website is pictured. UCLA researchers said the federal government’s suspension of about 800 research grants has caused uncertainty among students and faculty. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)


Proposed UCLA settlement from federal government seeks $1 billion, policy changes

This post was updated Aug. 24 at 7:36 p.m. The federal government is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to restore the university’s research funding.   The Trump administration suspended $584 million in grants to UCLA last week from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and U.S. Read more...

Photo: A researcher works in a UCLA lab. The federal government is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to restore the university’s frozen research funding. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Court orders Trump administration to explain legality of NSF cuts to UCLA

A district court judge ordered the Trump administration to explain its suspension of National Science Foundation grants to UCLA at a hearing Aug. 12. California district court judge Rita F. Read more...

Photo: California District Court Judge Rita F. Lin’s order, which said the Trump administration must explain its suspension of National Science Foundation grants to UCLA at a hearing Aug. 12, is pictured. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC ‘to engage’ in talks with federal administration amid UCLA $584 million loss

The UC has agreed “to engage in dialogue with the federal administration” about its $584 million cut in research grants to UCLA, according to Wednesday statements from UC and UCLA administrators. Read more...

Photo: A lab at UCLA is pictured. The UC has agreed “to engage in dialogue with the federal administration” about its $584 million cut in research grants to UCLA, according to Wednesday statements from UC and UCLA administrators. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)


UCLA holds virtual town hall providing updates on suspended research grants

Editors note: This piece was updated Aug. 5 at 10:53 p.m. to replace a passage that appears to have been improperly appropriated from another news organization. Read more...

Photo: Lab equipment is pictured. The federal government has suspended around 9% of UCLA’s National Institutes of Health grants and blocked the university from receiving new awards, UCLA administrators said at a virtual town hall Monday. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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