This post was updated July 28 at 2:43 p.m. Sarira Namavar, a dual United States and Iranian citizen, said she suspected she would not be able to see her grandparents for at least four years after President Donald Trump began his second term. Read more...
Photo: Suitcases with luggage tags are pictured. UCLA students reacted with concern following President Donald Trump’s travel ban that restricted the entry of foreign nationals into the United States. (Andrew Diaz/Photo editor)
This post was updated July 27 at 8:11 p.m. UCLA Extension laid off 23 employees and eliminated their staff positions in June ahead of anticipated federal budget cuts. Read more...
Photo: The UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center is pictured. UCLA Extension, a continuing education institution offering certificate and specialization programs, laid off 23 employees and eliminated staff positions in June. (Daily Bruin file photo)
Andre Jones said he did not see himself represented in mainstream media growing up. “When I was watching TV, I wasn’t watching The Brady Bunch,” said Jones, a UCLA alumnus. Read more...
Photo: Andre Jones, a UCLA alumnus, is pictured. Jones was selected for the 2025 Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list for his work in growing social media partnerships for BIPOC and LGBTQ+ content creators. (Courtesy of Dylan Lujano)
This post was updated July 13 at 8:32 p.m. Student researchers at UCLA are grappling with the next steps in their academic and professional journeys as the threat of research funding cuts looms over them. Read more...
Photo: A UCLA lab is pictured. Student researchers at UCLA are grappling with the next steps in their academic and professional journeys as the threat of research funding cuts looms over them. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)
This post was July 13 at 8:43 p.m. UCLA clinicians and policy experts said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s overhaul of a vaccine advisory committee could create health care disparities and undermine public trust in vaccine recommendations. Read more...
Photo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, is pictured. (Courtesy of the White House/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)
This post was updated July 13 at 8:27 p.m. Mary Grace Stevens said she felt alone after coming to UCLA as a first-generation and low-income student. Read more...
Photo: Posters of student-initiated retention and access programs are pictured. Campus Life, a division of Student Affairs, laid off five of the programs’ project directors in June in response to federal anti-diversity, equity and inclusion directives. (Ruby Galbraith/Daily Bruin)
This post was updated July 6 at 7:49 p.m. Aleph, UCLA’s only official undergraduate research journal for the humanities, arts and social sciences, was two weeks away from printing its final volume of the academic year when student editors learned the journal would lose all of its funding from the university. Read more...
Photo: A website for Aleph, UCLA’s only official undergraduate research journal for the humanities, arts and social sciences, is pictured. The journal will enter a new era as a student organization without financial support from the university. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)
