This post was updated June 7 at 9:19 p.m. UCLA students interning in Washington, D.C., this year navigated anti-immigration enforcement protests, congressional budget negotiations during appropriations season and uncertainty surrounding federal funding. Read more...
Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. UCLA students interning in Washington, D.C., this year faced protests and federal funding uncertainty. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will limit certain federal student loans, deterring some students from attending professional schools. The bill will limit borrowing for professional schools – including law and medical degree programs – to $50,000 each year and $200,000 in total starting July 1, according to the UCLA Financial Aid & Scholarships website. Read more...
Photo: The Financial Aid and Scholarships office is pictured. President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will restrict certain federal student loans beginning in July. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated June 3 at 10:01 p.m. Professors said President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration mirrors historical discrimination at a Wednesday panel hosted by UCLA’s history department. Read more...
Photo: Ahilan Arulanantham, the faculty co-director of the Center for Immigration Law and Policy, and Ruben Hernández-León, a sociology professor, speak at a panel. Arulanantham said humanitarian protections for immigrants have historically prioritized white immigrants. (Chenrui Zhang/Daily Bruin staff)
This post was updated May 31 at 8:33 p.m. Democratic incumbent Ted Lieu and six challengers are running for California’s 36th congressional district, which encompasses UCLA and parts of West Los Angeles. Read more...
Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. Seven candidates are running to represent California’s 36th congressional district, which encompasses Westwood and parts of West Los Angeles. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 31 at 8:36 p.m. Four measures seeking to raise taxes will appear on Los Angeles’s June 2 ballot. The measures, if passed, would subsidize LA County’s public health system amid federal funding cuts and fill in tax gaps for unlicensed cannabis businesses and online travel companies. Read more...
Photo: Los Angeles City Hall is pictured. Four measures seeking to raise taxes will appear on Los Angeles’s June 2 ballot. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 28 at 12:03 a.m. The California Senate voted Wednesday in favor of a bill that would put a $12 billion bond for scientific research on the November 2026 ballot. Read more...
Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. The California Senate voted Wednesday in favor of Senate Bill 895, which would put a $12 billion bond for scientific research on the November 2026 ballot. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated May 28 at 12:04 p.m. More than 600 UC faculty are calling on the University to reinstate standardized testing requirements for undergraduate STEM applicants, alleging that students are not prepared enough for college-level coursework. The faculty signed on to a letter asking the UC Board of Regents, the UC Office of the President and Academic Senate leadership to require undergraduate STEM applicants to submit an SAT or ACT math score, beginning with the 2027-28 admissions cycle. Read more...
Photo: An empty classroom is pictured. More than 600 UC faculty are calling on the University to reinstate standardized testing requirements for undergraduate STEM applicants, alleging that students are not prepared enough for college-level coursework. (Daily Bruin file photo)
