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May 26, 7:45 pm

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. Read more...

Photo: The Santa Monica College campus is pictured. SMC community members said they were concerned after the detainment of a student by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in early May. (Courtesy of Carolina Barsakov)

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May 21, 12:29 am

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. Read more...

Photo: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took office Feb. 13 as the 26th HHS secretary after then-President-elect Donald Trump named him for the role in November. (Courtesy of the White House/Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License)

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May 20, 8:23 pm

Experts discuss AI implications following Trump administration executive order

Artificial intelligence experts at UCLA said AI deregulation creates cultural challenges and has significant business implications following a Trump administration executive order. One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders – executive order 14179 – passed in January and revoked previous AI regulation policies that he described as “barriers to American AI innovation.” Titled “Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” the order places a high emphasis on global leadership and competition and deregulating AI. Read more...

Photo: (Mabel Neyyan/Daily Bruin)

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May 20, 2:00 pm

California Sens. Alex Padilla, Adam Schiff condemn student visa revocations

This post was updated May 20 at 11:07 p.m. Both of California’s United States Senators condemned the Trump administration’s revocations of student visas in a Tuesday letter to U.S. Read more...

Photo: California Sen. Alex Padilla speaks at an event in 2019. Padilla and California Sen. Adam Schiff condemned the Trump administration’s revocations of student visas in a Tuesday letter. (Daily Bruin file photo)

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May 19, 9:59 pm

UCLA research programs hit by EPA cuts amid national changes to climate policy

UCLA researchers and policy experts expressed concerns about the qualifications of new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. Since his appointment, Zeldin has overseen the rollback of 31 environmental regulations and has attempted to revise the EPA’s 2009 findings that greenhouse gases endanger public health, according to an EPA press release. Read more...

Photo: Lee Zeldin, the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is pictured. Many UCLA researchers and policy experts expressed concerns about Zeldin’s qualifications. (Photo courtesy of the United States Environmental Protection Agency)

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May 19, 8:53 pm

‘Fight to keep these papers alive’: Student journalists react to print budget cuts

Stefano Fendrich had only been editor in chief of the Daily Trojan for a few weeks when he received bad news. The University of Southern California’s Student Life office told him the paper had a budget deficit of $80,000, print was being cut from daily to three days a week and his staff would no longer be paid, Fendrich said. Read more...

Photo: A collage of student newspapers including the Daily Trojan, the University Daily Kansan, the Daily Collegian and the Indiana Daily Student. College newspapers across the country are facing budget cuts threatening the future of their print newspapers. (Photos courtesy of Henry Kofman/Daily Trojan, Marissa Meador/Indiana Daily Student, Chad Cushing/University Daily Kansan and Kate Hildebrand/The Collegian. Collage by Lindsey Murto/Design director)

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May 18, 8:47 pm

‘Tragic and devastating’: Scientists react to funding cuts for climate research

When Sara Graves wakes up every morning, she hopes the federal grants supporting her climate change research have not been cut. Graves – a doctoral student in atmospheric and oceanic sciences – works as a researcher at the UCLA Center for Climate Science, where she focuses on water conservation efforts, along with other climate-related research. Read more...

Photo: (Valerie Liman/Daily Bruin Staff)


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