Thursday, July 2

Man arrested for allegedly stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from UCLA libraries

A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly using false identities to steal over $200,000 worth of rare Chinese manuscripts from the UCLA Library system. Jeffrey Ying, a resident of Fremont, California, allegedly stole manuscripts from the UCLA East Asian Library and UCLA Library Special Collections and replaced them with false copies multiple times since October 2024, according to an affidavit filed with a criminal complaint. Read more...

Photo: Charles E. Young Research Library is pictured. A man was arrested Tuesday after allegedly stealing rare Chinese manuscripts from the UCLA Library system. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Proposed UCLA settlement from federal government seeks $1 billion, policy changes

This post was updated Aug. 24 at 7:36 p.m. The federal government is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to restore the university’s research funding.   The Trump administration suspended $584 million in grants to UCLA last week from the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health and U.S. Read more...

Photo: A researcher works in a UCLA lab. The federal government is seeking $1 billion from UCLA to restore the university’s frozen research funding. (Daily Bruin file photo)



Court orders Trump administration to explain legality of NSF cuts to UCLA

A district court judge ordered the Trump administration to explain its suspension of National Science Foundation grants to UCLA at a hearing Aug. 12. California district court judge Rita F. Read more...

Photo: California District Court Judge Rita F. Lin’s order, which said the Trump administration must explain its suspension of National Science Foundation grants to UCLA at a hearing Aug. 12, is pictured. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin senior staff)


UC ‘to engage’ in talks with federal administration amid UCLA $584 million loss

The UC has agreed “to engage in dialogue with the federal administration” about its $584 million cut in research grants to UCLA, according to Wednesday statements from UC and UCLA administrators. Read more...

Photo: A lab at UCLA is pictured. The UC has agreed “to engage in dialogue with the federal administration” about its $584 million cut in research grants to UCLA, according to Wednesday statements from UC and UCLA administrators. (Libby Li/Daily Bruin)


Court rules UC barring undocumented students from campus jobs is discriminatory

This post was updated Aug. 8 at 3:39 p.m. A California Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a UC policy barring undocumented students from holding on-campus jobs is unlawfully discriminatory. Read more...

Photo: A picket sign for the “Opportunity for All” movement – which advocates for undocumented students to be able to hold on-campus jobs at universities – is pictured. A California Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a UC policy barring undocumented students from holding on-campus jobs is unlawfully discriminatory. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UCLA holds virtual town hall providing updates on suspended research grants

Editors note: This piece was updated Aug. 5 at 10:53 p.m. to replace a passage that appears to have been improperly appropriated from another news organization. Read more...

Photo: Lab equipment is pictured. The federal government has suspended around 9% of UCLA’s National Institutes of Health grants and blocked the university from receiving new awards, UCLA administrators said at a virtual town hall Monday. (Daily Bruin file photo)



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