Chancellor Julio Frenk announced in an email Monday that he will give students the chance to attend one-on-one meetings with him. The new initiative – titled “UCLA Connects: Chancellor’s Office Hours” – allows students to meet Frenk each quarter through randomized selection. Read more...
Photo: Chancellor Julio Frenk is pictured. Frenk announced in an email Monday that he will give students the chance to attend one-on-one meetings with him. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
UCLA professors and researchers expressed concern about uncertainty around federal support for special education programs under the Trump administration. The U.S. Department of Education laid off 121 of 135 employees in the Office for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services during the federal government shutdown from Oct. Read more...
Photo: Moore Hall, where UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies is primarily located, is pictured. UCLA professors and researchers expressed concern about uncertainty around federal support for special education programs under the Trump administration. (Vanessa Man/Daily Bruin)
The Undergraduate Students Association Council delivered a letter supporting a bill that would bar the UC from excluding undocumented students from on-campus jobs to the California State Legislature on Tuesday. Read more...
Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council’s letter in support of Assembly Bill 713 is pictured on a phone in front of Kerckhoff Hall, which houses the offices of the USAC officers. The council unanimously passed the letter at its Tuesday meeting, and alleged that the UC does not sufficiently support undocumented students. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Jan. 12 at 4:08 p.m. A U-Haul truck drove into a crowd of people protesting for regime change in Iran outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood at about 3:30 p.m. Read more...
Photo: People protesting for regime change in Iran demonstrate outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood. A U-Haul truck drove into a crowd of protesters at about 3:30 p.m., injuring at least two people, authorities said. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin)
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)
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 10:05 p.m. Confusing income calculations and time-consuming application processes can make CalFresh – California’s version of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – difficult to access, Yasmeen Washington, a law student, said. Read more...
Photo: The Zoom app is pictured on a laptop screen. The Bruin Food Access Project – a partnership between UCLA law students and non-profit law firm Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles – operates on Zoom to provide students with legal advice on how to access CalFresh. (Daily Bruin file photo)
This post was updated Jan. 11 at 10:00 p.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a state budget Friday for the 2026-27 fiscal year that included an increase of $350.6 million in funding to the UC. The UC would receive $5.3 billion from the state’s general fund, based on the proposal. Read more...
Photo: Gov. Gavin Newsom is pictured. Newsom’s proposed 2026-27 budget included an increase of $350 million in funding to the UC. (Daily Bruin file photo)
