Jaweed Kaleem
@jaweedkaleem.bsky.social
Reporter, Los Angeles Times. I cover the University of California and more in higher and K-12 education. Former national and foreign correspondent. Big fan of reporting on religion. Based in Los Angeles.
The @uptecwa.bsky.social union at University of California - representing 21,000 UC healthcare, research, & technical professionals - was ready to strike 11/17-18 and be joined by by tens of thousands of additional unionized UC workers. The strike is now off, according to UC x.com/uc_newsroom/...
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The @uptecwa.bsky.social union at University of California - representing 21,000 UC healthcare, research, & technical professionals - was ready to strike 11/17-18 and be joined by by tens of thousands of additional unionized UC workers. The strike is now off, according to UC x.com/uc_newsroom/...
Here is the formal letter the NIH sent today to UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk.
“These projects are fully reinstated, and the letter dated July 31, 2025 is rescinded without conditions. Funds will be made available immediately and are no longer suspended, terminated, or restricted.”
“These projects are fully reinstated, and the letter dated July 31, 2025 is rescinded without conditions. Funds will be made available immediately and are no longer suspended, terminated, or restricted.”
September 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Here is the formal letter the NIH sent today to UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk.
“These projects are fully reinstated, and the letter dated July 31, 2025 is rescinded without conditions. Funds will be made available immediately and are no longer suspended, terminated, or restricted.”
“These projects are fully reinstated, and the letter dated July 31, 2025 is rescinded without conditions. Funds will be made available immediately and are no longer suspended, terminated, or restricted.”
The NIH has confirmed that it is complying with court orders and re-instating $500 million in frozen research grants to UCLA, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto wrote today. He says workers “have shown great resilience in this challenging time.”
September 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The NIH has confirmed that it is complying with court orders and re-instating $500 million in frozen research grants to UCLA, Vice Chancellor for Research & Creative Activities Roger Wakimoto wrote today. He says workers “have shown great resilience in this challenging time.”
A campus message today from UCLA vice chancellor for research Roger Wakimoto after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration last night to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in NIH grants:
“Our hope is that the agency will abide by the judge’s ruling”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“Our hope is that the agency will abide by the judge’s ruling”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
September 23, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A campus message today from UCLA vice chancellor for research Roger Wakimoto after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration last night to restore hundreds of millions of dollars in NIH grants:
“Our hope is that the agency will abide by the judge’s ruling”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
“Our hope is that the agency will abide by the judge’s ruling”
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Here’s the letter sent today to researchers from Roger Wakimoto,
UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities.
UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities.
August 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here’s the letter sent today to researchers from Roger Wakimoto,
UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities.
UCLA Vice Chancellor for Research and Creative Activities.
The NSF confirmed to me today that it will follow the court order and restore grants - totaling around $81 million - to UCLA. Unclear if NSF has notified researchers or UCLA.
August 13, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The NSF confirmed to me today that it will follow the court order and restore grants - totaling around $81 million - to UCLA. Unclear if NSF has notified researchers or UCLA.
Thanks to the Excellence in Financial Journalism awards for recognizing my reporting on American migrants in Portugal.
(Original article is here: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-05-12/california-expats-portugal-relocation-lisbon)
(Original article is here: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-05-12/california-expats-portugal-relocation-lisbon)
August 2, 2023 at 10:08 PM
Thanks to the Excellence in Financial Journalism awards for recognizing my reporting on American migrants in Portugal.
(Original article is here: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-05-12/california-expats-portugal-relocation-lisbon)
(Original article is here: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-05-12/california-expats-portugal-relocation-lisbon)