Higher Education
June 8, 2025 8:33 p.m.
Students walk on campus. Professors expressed concern for the future of UCLA’s teaching and research as the Trump administration continues to financially target universities across the country. (Daily Bruin file photo. Photo illustration by Kaylen Ho/Daily Bruin staff)
Professors expressed concern for the future of UCLA’s teaching and research as the Trump administration continues to financially target universities across the country.
The Trump administration has revoked federal grants and contracts from six American universities due to their alleged failure to resolve antisemitism on campus and one university for allowing a transgender swimmer to compete for its women’s swim team, according to the Associated Press.
By Annika Anbiai-Fard
A Closer Look
June 8, 2025 7:31 p.m.Family members rely on identity-specific graduation celebrations to honor their graduating Bruins’ accomplishments.
Identity-based graduation ceremonies – including the Latinx Celebration and the Samahang Pilipino Student Celebration – seek to honor seniors who share a particular identity, said Lindsey Sambilay, the Pilipinx Graduation Celebration admin coordinator.
By Alisha Hassanali
Los Angeles
June 8, 2025 4:08 p.m.National guard troops station in Westwood after Trump administration deployment
Around 30 National Guard troops stood guard outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Westwood as of 3 p.m. Sunday.
President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles on Sunday in response to local protests against U.S.
By Maggie Konecky
A Closer Look
June 5, 2025 12:56 a.m.UCLA students exchange AI-driven data solutions in Healthcare Analytics Symposium
Students, researchers and health care leaders convened for the second annual Healthcare Analytics Symposium at the UCLA Anderson School of Management on May 16.
Hosted by the Morrison Family Center for Marketing and Data Analytics and the UCLA Anderson’s Master of Science in Business Analytics program, participants at the symposium shared perspectives on potential solutions to health care’s most complex data management problems.
By Maanasi Kademani
Higher Education
June 4, 2025 10:03 p.m.Bruins voice concern over Harvard international enrollment halt, visa revocations
Visa holders at UCLA expressed concern following the Trump administration’s decision to halt Harvard University’s enrollment of international students.
This decision was the latest in the ongoing battle between President Donald Trump and Harvard, which began after the Trump administration accused the university of allowing antisemitism and withheld over $2 billion in Harvard’s federal funding.
By Izzy Becker
California
June 3, 2025 10:25 p.m.Medical community claims unilateral UCLA leadership support in Israel-Hamas war
On Oct. 16, 2023 – nine days after an attack by Palestinian political party and militant group Hamas killed around 1,200 people in Israel, and more than 2,700 Palestinians were killed by Israeli retaliatory airstrikes – UCLA Health administrative leaders sent an email to the medical community.
By Anna Dai-Liu
Higher Education
May 28, 2025 8:36 p.m.Federal official claims Trump administration intends to sue UC for discrimination
This post was updated May 29 at 12:33 a.m.
The head of the Trump administration’s federal antisemitism task force said Tuesday that the UC should expect discrimination lawsuits.
By Josephine Murphy
Higher Education
May 26, 2025 7:45 p.m.Santa Monica College community expresses concern after ICE deportation of student
This post was updated June 2 at 6:10 p.m.
Kaiala Siale fears for her friends’ safety when they walk down the street together.
The digital multimedia broadcast production student lives in Westwood and attends Santa Monica College – where she learned through social media that a fellow student was detained and deported this month by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
By Maggie Konecky
A Closer Look
May 21, 2025 12:29 a.m.UCLA experts share concerns over background of RFK Jr. as Secretary of HHS
UCLA researchers and policy experts said United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. lacks qualifications for his role and could derail American research and public health efforts.
By Josephine Murphy
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