This post was updated April 16 at 9:53 p.m. 
As Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California legislature tackle the state’s nearly $60 billion estimated budget deficit, some UCLA experts said the UC’s funding might be at risk – which could lead to tuition hikes or altered admissions – while others said the University will remain unaffected. 
Budget deficits occur when state expenditures exceed revenue.

This post was updated April 9 at 9:41 p.m.
UCLA community members discussed California’s role in protecting LGBTQ rights at the Williams Institute’s annual update conference last Friday.

The Luskin School of Public Affairs has been approved to launch its new Master of Real Estate Development program starting in the fall of 2025.
The 11-month program, which was first proposed three years ago, will give students graduate-level professional training in real estate and urban development, said Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, the Luskin School’s interim dean.

This post was updated April 8 at 3:33 p.m.
Legal scholars disagreed Thursday during a panel about the extent of permissible speech on college campuses in the context of the Israel-Hamas war.

This post was updated April 2 at 8:33 p.m.
UCLA faculty shared the benefits of studying different forms of hate at a symposium hosted Saturday.
Sponsored by the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate, “The Uses of Hatred” symposium was held in Royce Hall and aimed to discuss humanities approaches to studying hate.

The Bruin Parenting Scholars hosted a healing and visibility walk Wednesday to urge UCLA to increase resources, safety and equitability for student parents and their children.

This post was updated April 2 at 8:45 p.m. 
A February report from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA found that suburban schools have been increasingly experiencing educational policy trends previously restricted to urban districts.