The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed a resolution calling on the UC to end its ban on student governments boycotting Israel and approved letters to Chancellor Julio Frenk and Gov. Read more...
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August 20, 8:31 pm
UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Institute launches climate, health dashboard
This post was updated Aug. 31 at 10:08 p.m. A new technology dashboard created by UCLA researchers highlights climate inequity and air pollution in the Latino community. Read more...
Photo: The Climate and Health Dashboard is pictured. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
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August 20, 7:10 pm
Vanessa González-Siegel cultivates inclusive spaces, support for LGBTQ+ students
This post was updated Aug. 31 at 9:58 p.m. Vanessa Aviva González-Siegel, a transgender woman, could not obtain hormone replacement therapy when she first asked as an undergraduate student. Read more...
Photo: Vanessa Aviva González-Siegel sits in her office. González-Siegel, the director of UCLA’s LGBTQ Campus Resource Center, ensures support for students remains consistent amid changes in government and UC-wide policy. (Amanda Velasco/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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August 20, 5:50 pm
UCLA professors voice concern over public, political implications of funding cuts
Since March, the Trump administration has suspended the research grants of multiple elite private universities for allegedly allowing antisemitism on their campuses. But in July, it went after UCLA, a public university that experts said has fewer resources to handle the suspension of its grants and is more wrapped up in politics as one of the flagship universities of a blue state. Read more...
Photo: Royce Hall is pictured. Since March, the Trump administration has suspended the research grants of multiple elite private universities for allegedly allowing antisemitism on their campuses. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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August 20, 1:31 pm
UCLA pauses new faculty hiring, will consolidate IT teams following funding cuts
This post was updated Aug. 23 at 5:37 p.m. UCLA has paused new faculty hiring and will consolidate campus information technology services following the suspension of federal research funding, two vice chancellors announced Wednesday. Read more...
Photo: Murphy Hall, where UCLA’s administrative offices are housed, is pictured. Two vice chancellors announced in an email Wednesday that the university will pause new faculty hiring and consolidate campus information technology services following the suspension of federal research funding. (Leydi Cris Cobo Cordon/Daily Bruin senior staff)
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August 19, 6:19 pm
UCLA partners with Dongwoon Anatech to advance saliva-based diagnostic technology
The UCLA School of Dentistry partnered with a South Korean semiconductor company to bring a saliva-based diagnostic technology into clinics – with the goal of enabling the noninvasive, early detection of diseases such as cancer. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA School of Dentistry will partner with Dongwoon Anatech to annually support EFIRM, an electrochemical platform that detects molecular targets such as cancer mutations in small samples of blood or saliva. (Courtesy of Ben Alkaly)
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August 19, 5:56 pm
Students urge transparency during UC’s efforts to restore federal funding
Students urged the UC to protect its researchers and increase transparency amid federal negotiations to restore UCLA’s frozen research grants. The Trump administration suspended about 800 of UCLA’s research grants from the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Energy in late July. Read more...
Photo: Kendy Chen, a fifth-year biochemistry student, works at a lab. Students urged the UC to remain transparent as the federal government seeks a $1 billion settlement from UCLA to restore its research funding. (Courtesy of Arjun Pamidi)