Tuesday, September 22

Pentagon orders UCLA to audit foreign ties, threatens to cut research funding

This post was updated Aug. 30 at 11:24 p.m. The United States Department of Defense ordered UCLA on Aug. 17 to review its foreign partnerships or risk losing eligibility for future federal research funding, a U.S. Read more...

Photo: People walk on UCLA campus. The United States Department of Defense ordered UCLA on Aug. 17 to review its foreign partnerships or lose eligibility for future federal research funding. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Trump administration petitions Supreme Court to review ruling on UC grant termination

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6:07 p.m. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear an appeal to a ruling in favor of UC researchers who argued that it was illegal to terminate research grants based on diversity-related language. Read more...

Photo: The U.S. Department of Justice building is pictured. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to consider overturning a lower court ruling that bars the termination of grants based on the inclusion of diversity-related language on Tuesday. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Westwood’s Urban Outfitters closes after 22 years following UC Investments acquisition

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6:08 p.m. Urban Outfitters’ Westwood location shuttered Thursday after over 22 years on Westwood Boulevard. The lifestyle retailer, which sold clothing, dorm decorations and music products at 1028 and 1038 Westwood Blvd., was among more than a dozen Westwood Village properties that UC Investments – the office of the UC Regents’ chief investment officer – bought in July for nearly $50 million, according to the Commercial Observer. Read more...

Photo: Westwood Boulevard is pictured. Urban Outfitters’ Westwood location permanently closed Thursday. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC physicians lead unionization push, cite degraded work, patient care conditions

This post was updated Aug. 25 at 1:21 p.m. Potentially 10,000 UC doctors – including UCLA Health employees – could start the largest unionization campaign of attending doctors in United States history. Read more...

Photo: The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is featured. UCLA physicians involved in the UC Doctors United campaign said they organized due to alleged increases in labor burden, patient boarding crisis and hospital leadership who won’t address ongoing issues. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Design media arts department draws up 3 new degrees to overwrite original

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6:18 p.m. UCLA’s current design media arts major will be split into three new majors starting fall 2027. The department will offer separate design, games and computational art majors, said Eddo Stern, a design media arts professor. Read more...

Photo: A game controller and a laptop showing Figma and Adobe is pictured. The design media arts major will broken into separate design, games and computational art majors starting fall 2027. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)


Robert Carradine’s family sues UC Regents for neglect after his death at UCLA hospital

This post was updated Aug. 23 at 6:14 p.m. Editor’s note: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, you can reach the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the United States by calling or texting 988. Read more...

Photo: Cars drive by a UCLA Health sign. Actor Robert Carradine’s family filed a lawsuit against the UC Board of Regents on Aug. 7, alleging that medical neglect at UCLA’s Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital led to his death. (Crystal Tompkins/Daily Bruin senior staff)




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