Higher Education
Sept. 20, 2026 8:17 p.m.
Students walk on campus. UCLA paused international students’ work authorizations after federal scrutiny, which some students said could affect their academic and professional success. (Daily Bruin file photo)
UCLA paused some international students’ work authorizations over the summer following federal scrutiny, which students said could impact their academic and professional success.
The UCLA Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars paused curricular practical training authorizations – which allow students on F-1 visas to temporarily work off campus in a field related to their degree – after it received an Aug.
By Sophia Pu
A Closer Look
Sept. 19, 2026 2:35 p.m.One week after Chancellor Julio Frenk condemned a School of Law symposium about the 9/11 terrorist attacks, more than 270 law professors nationwide are raising concerns about academic freedom at the university.
Frenk said in a Sept.
By Nicholas Mouchawar
Higher Education
Aug. 25, 2026 12:44 p.m.UCLA pauses some international students’ work authorizations after ICE memo
This post was updated Aug. 30 at 11:20 p.m.
UCLA paused some international students’ work authorizations after it received an Aug. 12 memo from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a UCLA Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
Universities suspected of using curricular practical training programs to create employment for international students instead of reasons required for academic studies could lose their certification to enroll exchange and international students, the memo stated.
By Savannah Cunningham
Higher Education
Aug. 24, 2026 1:54 p.m.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.
By Nicholas Mouchawar
Higher Education
Aug. 22, 2026 10:19 p.m.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.
By Alexis Muchnik
A Closer Look
Aug. 17, 2026 2:00 p.m.UCLA researcher awarded $250,000 grant to increase AI accessibility
This post was updated Sept. 4 at 3:01 p.m.
A UCLA researcher received a new Amazon computing grant to make multilingual artificial intelligence more accessible.
Saadia Gabriel, an assistant professor of computer science, was awarded $250,000 of compute credits – which provide processing time, memory and storage on online computer hardware – through Amazon’s Build on Trainium grant.
By Kyan Wang
Higher Education
Aug. 13, 2026 7:50 p.m.Opportunity for All Act advances to state Senate floor after 5-2 committee vote
The California Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill Thursday that would allow undocumented students to hold on-campus jobs at UCLA and other public universities across the state.
By Nicholas Mouchawar
Higher Education
Aug. 11, 2026 10:27 p.m.UC joins 35 universities supporting Harvard against Trump administration
The UC signed on to an amicus brief filed July 22, standing by Harvard University’s April 2025 lawsuit against the Trump administration.
The University was one of 36 colleges and universities that signed the brief, which urges the First Circuit Court of Appeals to side with Harvard in its lawsuit to restore the nearly $2.2 billion in research grants that the federal government suspended in April 2025.
By Savannah Cunningham
Academics
July 26, 2026 12:58 p.m.Q&A: Professor Gail Wyatt discusses mental health advocacy in marginalized communities
This post was updated July 26 at 8:20 p.m.
July is the Bebe Moore Campbell National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month.
The month honors Campbell, an advocate and author who co-founded the National Alliance on Mental Illness Urban Los Angeles to help people from marginalized backgrounds seek mental health services.
By Donya Hassanshahi
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