Monday, December 15

About 800 NIH, NSF research grants suspended following UCLA federal funding cuts

This post was updated Aug. 3 at 8:50 p.m. About 800 research grants have been suspended at UCLA, according to a Friday email from Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, which houses many research projects funded by NIH and NSF grants, is pictured. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)



DOJ alleges UCLA violated federal civil rights of Jewish, Israeli students

This post was updated Aug. 3 at 9:05 p.m. The U.S. Department of Justice alleged Tuesday that UCLA has created a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students since Palestinian political party and militant group Hamas’ Oct. Read more...

Photo: The Palestine solidarity encampment, which pro-Palestine protesters set up in April 2024, is pictured. The United States Department of Justice alleged Tuesday that UCLA’s treatment of Jewish and Israeli students following Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel violated federal civil rights law. (Karla Cardenas-Felipe/Daily Bruin staff)


UC to pay $6.45M to settle antisemitism lawsuit over pro-Palestine encampment

This post was updated Aug. 3 at 9:13 p.m. The UC announced Tuesday it will pay $6.45 million to settle a lawsuit brought by three Jewish UCLA students and a professor who alleged they faced antisemitism during the Palestine solidarity encampment in the spring of last year. Read more...

Photo: Pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters hold flags at a protest on the UCLA campus in April 2024. The UC announced Tuesday that it will pay over $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Jewish UCLA students and a faculty member who claimed they faced antisemitism during the Palestine solidarity encampment in the spring of last year. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Pentagon releases US Marines from LA, Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood

This post was updated July 27 at 8:14 p.m. United States Marines are no longer posted outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood, after the Pentagon released them from Los Angeles on Monday. Read more...

Photo: U.S. Marines are pictured at the Veteran Avenue entrance to the Wilshire Federal Building. The Pentagon announced the Withdrawal of the U.S. Marine Corps from Los Angeles on Monday. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)


UCLA student researchers face uncertainty amid federal cuts, budget proposals

This post was updated July 13 at 8:32 p.m. Student researchers at UCLA are grappling with the next steps in their academic and professional journeys as the threat of research funding cuts looms over them. Read more...

Photo: A UCLA lab is pictured. Student researchers at UCLA are grappling with the next steps in their academic and professional journeys as the threat of research funding cuts looms over them. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)


UCLA staff react to RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory committee dismissals, appointments

This post was July 13 at 8:43 p.m. UCLA clinicians and policy experts said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of a vaccine advisory committee could create health care disparities and undermine public trust in vaccine recommendations. Read more...

Photo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, is pictured. (Courtesy of the White House/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)



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