Higher Education
May 26, 2025 7:45 p.m.
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)
This post was updated May 27 at 12:33 a.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.
By Maggie Konecky
A Closer Look
May 21, 2025 12:29 a.m.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.
By Josephine Murphy
California
May 20, 2025 2:00 p.m.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.
By Josephine Murphy
A Closer Look
May 19, 2025 9:59 p.m.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.
By Yashila Suresh and Evelin Zaragoza Meza
A Closer Look
May 19, 2025 8:53 p.m.‘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.
By Natalia Mochernak
A Closer Look
May 18, 2025 8:47 p.m.‘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.
By Catherine Wang and Zoya Alam
Higher Education
May 14, 2025 10:30 p.m.UCLA students react to Trump’s attacks on higher education, federal funding cuts
This post was updated May 16 at 12:35 a.m.
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 Brown University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Northwestern University, Princeton University and University of Pennsylvania since the beginning of the Trump administration.
By Micah Hoffman and Warren Riley
California
May 12, 2025 1:11 a.m.Newsom says he will aim to combat Trump administration’s tariffs for California
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced April 4 that he will seek trade negotiations with foreign leaders to spare California from retaliatory tariffs.
Newsom said he wanted to seek negotiations in response to President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, which could trigger retaliatory tariffs with severe economic consequences.
By Izzy Becker
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