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.

The Undergraduate Students Association Council passed 18 resolutions during the 2025-26 academic year, but its public resolution document only includes reports for three as of late May.

UC President James Milliken took the helm of the University 10 months ago, immediately after the federal government froze $584 million of UCLA’s research grants.
Since then, the UC has been sued by the Department of Justice three times, seen a proposed increase in state funding and reached contracts with four of its unions.

Naomi Hammonds, the president of the Graduate Students Association, called for more support for graduate students following a year of research funding cuts, basic needs delays and housing changes in a conversation with campus politics editor Nicholas Mouchawar.

A real-life nurse and UCLA alumnus is featured on the cast of HBO’s medical drama “The Pitt.”
Ned Brower – a registered nurse and musician who plays nurse Jesse Van Horn on “The Pitt” – sat down with science and health editor Charlie Hamilton to discuss how his nursing education at UCLA shaped his acting and perspective on the show.

Second-year English student Scout Knight is one of many students who bring their car to campus during the school year.
However, Knight said she has not been able to secure a parking permit for the past two years and pays parking fees out of pocket multiple days a week.

As campus wound down for the weekend this spring, one classroom buzzed with eager students, cultural connection and Cantonese conversation.
Cheer Wu, a doctoral student in Chinese linguistics, began teaching an informal Cantonese course every Friday after meeting Cantonese speakers as a teaching assistant in the Chinese department.