Higher Education
May 14, 2025 10:30 p.m.
Students walk down Bruin Walk. Students said UCLA should fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education. (Alexandra Crosnoe/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Students said UCLA should fight back against the Trump administration’s attacks on higher education.
The United States Department of Education has withheld funding from Harvard University, Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Northwestern University, Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania since the beginning of the Trump administration.
By Micah Hoffman and Warren Riley
A Closer Look
May 13, 2025 5:10 p.m.This post was updated at 11:23 p.m.
Amy Mainzer didn’t plan on studying asteroids when she graduated from her doctoral program in 2003.
But now, Mainzer – who received her doctorate of astronomy from UCLA – is building a telescope that will be sent to space to detect asteroids before they hit Earth’s surface.
By Izzy Greig and Reese Dahlgren
Higher Education
May 2, 2025 4:18 p.m.James Milliken appointed by UC Board of Regents as next University president
This post was updated May 6 at 10:26 p.m.
The UC Board of Regents appointed James Milliken to be the University’s next president Friday.
Milliken, the current chancellor of the University of Texas system, will assume the role Aug.
By Alexandra Crosnoe
Higher Education
April 25, 2025 11:31 a.m.Trump administration announces restoration of international students’ visas
This post was updated April 27 at 9:51 p.m.
The United States Department of Justice announced it would restore the visas of international students who had theirs revoked in recent weeks.
By Alexandra Crosnoe
A Closer Look
April 22, 2025 11:52 p.m.Former Bruins reflect on decisions, process of transferring out of UCLA
For some students who attend the No. 1 public university in the nation – and the most applied-to school in the United States – the reality does not always match the dream.
By Alisha Hassanali and Vivian Stein
Higher Education
April 21, 2025 12:24 a.m.‘Sense of unity, loyalty’: Big Ten senates pass ‘mutual defense’ resolutions
This post was updated April 22 at 7:09 p.m.
Paul Boxer thinks “an attack on one is an attack on all” when it comes to the Trump administration threatening United States universities.
By Alexandra Crosnoe
California
April 21, 2025 12:14 a.m.UCLA Law students lead protest against professor who opposes affirmative action
Around 100 people rallied in the Shapiro Courtyard on Thursday to protest against a UCLA School of Law professor who opposes affirmative action.
The rally, hosted by the Black Law Students Association and several other student organizations, protested Richard Sander, co-founder of the anti-affirmative action group Students Against Racial Discrimination, which sued the UC on Feb.
By Evelin Zaragoza Meza
A Closer Look
April 16, 2025 9:11 p.m.Bruin Day attendees share study ambitions at UCLA, sibling connections to school
This post was updated April 17 at 11:41 p.m.
Avalon Dwight remembers the moment she opened her admission portal.
“I open it up, and I see the word ‘congratulations,’” Dwight said.
By Reese Dahlgren
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