Overview

• U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the administration to restore UCLA’s federal research funding while court challenges proceed.
• The administration had rescinded about $584 million in research grants, and the vast majority has been temporarily reinstated through a faculty-led lawsuit.
• Chancellor Julio Frenk said UCLA will comply with the law but will not accept government control over hiring, admissions, or academic content, calling these non-negotiable red lines.
• Reporting details a 28-page draft proposal and an August demand for a $1.2 billion fine that seek changes to admissions and protest rules, limits on gender-affirming care for minors, expanded records disclosure, and screening of international applicants for being “anti-Western.”
• Frenk acknowledged past failures in handling antisemitism complaints and said UCLA has issued new demonstration rules and plans to recruit a Title VI officer, arguing that cutting research funding does not address the problem.