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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)


Man arrested for stealing posters, carrying weapons on UCLA’s campus

This post was updated Aug. 12 at 6:43 p.m. UCPD arrested a man who allegedly stole posters of prominent Black figures from Haines Hall while carrying multiple weapons, including a stun gun, on campus Saturday.  Brian Royal-Rubin, 37, was charged Tuesday with felony burglary, the violation of civil rights, the possession of a weapon at a university and a hate crime enhancement Jeffrey Chobanian, the acting captain of the UCPD administrative and operations bureau, said in an emailed statement. Read more...

Photo: Haines Hall is pictured. UCPD arrested a man who stole posters of prominent Black figures from Haines Hall while carrying multiple weapons, including a stun gun, on campus Saturday. (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)


Man arrested for allegedly stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from UCLA libraries

A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly using false identities to steal over $200,000 worth of rare Chinese manuscripts from the UCLA Library system. Jeffrey Ying, a resident of Fremont, California, allegedly stole manuscripts from the UCLA East Asian Library and UCLA Library Special Collections and replaced them with false copies multiple times since October 2024, according to an affidavit filed with a criminal complaint. Read more...

Photo: Charles E. Young Research Library is pictured. A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from the UCLA Library system. (Daily Bruin file photo)


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)



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