This post was updated Oct. 1 at 1:41 a.m. Around 40 nurses and community members rallied in front of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday morning to demand that the UC agree to a new contract with safer staffing and working conditions. Read more...
Photo: Nurses protest outside Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on Tuesday morning. Around 40 nurses gathered to demand better working conditions. (Izzy Greig/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated Oct. 1 at 1:38 a.m. Some UCLA professors expressed concern over the university’s new hiring review process, alleging that the policy has impacted their ability to hire new researchers. Read more...
Photo: A student works in a lab. UCLA began a hiring review – which applies to Academic Senate and non-Senate roles, as well as positions in development or with pending offers – to ensure “critical positions” remain prioritized amid a challenging budget environment. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Sept. 25 at 3:41 p.m. Nearly two months after the federal government froze over half a billion dollars in research funding to UCLA, the National Institutes of Health has temporarily reinstated its suspended grants Tuesday – abiding by a federal judge’s Monday ruling. Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto announced the restatement in a Wednesday email to the UCLA community, where he added that the majority of the university’s suspended grants have temporarily been reinstated. The federal government suspended $584 million dollars in funding to UCLA – including $500 million from the NIH – July 30 and 31. Read more...
Photo: A researcher works in a UCLA lab. Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto announced in a Wednesday email that UCLA’s suspended grants from the National Institutes of Health were reinstated. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)
This post was updated Sept. 23 at 12:29 p.m. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million of UCLA’s research grants Monday, reinstating the vast majority of the university’s frozen funds. Read more...
Photo: A researcher works in a UCLA lab. A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore $500 million in research funding to UCLA on Monday, reinstating the vast majority of the university’s frozen funds. (Selin Filiz/Assistant Photo editor)
Hundreds of researchers, faculty and students attended a two-part science fair for suspended research projects Sept. 10 and 11. The UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute led the first day of the fair at the northwest corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue. Read more...
Photo: Attendees and United Auto Workers Local 4811 members view posters of suspended research in the Rolfe Hall courtyard. Nearly $600 million of UCLA’s federal research funding was frozen by the federal government in July. (Maggie Konecky/Daily Bruin senior staff)
In one year, Irene Ontiveros completed clinical rotations, turned in her final graduate school assignments and welcomed her daughter into the world. With her graduation from the Joe C. Read more...
Photo: Ontiveros pictured with her peers and mentors during her graduation at the Joe C. Wen School of Nursing. She cited this network as some of her “biggest cheerleaders” throughout this time. (Courtesy of Kristi Westphaln)
A group of UCLA researchers is using an air quality monitoring system across the Westside of Los Angeles to better understand contamination following the Palisades fire. Read more...
Photo: The sky above Los Angeles is pictured. A UCLA team is using air quality monitors to inform LA residents about pollution after the Palisades fire. (Michael Gallagher/Assistant Photo editor)
