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Who is James B. Milliken? Texas chancellor to head Califonia UC

James B. Milliken has been appointed president of the University of California, starting August 1, with a salary of nearly $1.5 million.

Students walk through Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley campus on March 29, 2022, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)(AP)

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Published on May 03, 2025 08:45 AM IST

AP | | Posted by Tuhin Das Mahapatra

UC Davis shooting: 3 injured at Community Park, shooter flees the scene

University of California, Davis sent an alert to students and staff about a large police response to a reported shooting at Community Park on Saturday.

UC Davis sent an alert for a shooting near its campus(Unsplash)

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Updated on Apr 13, 2025 04:35 AM IST

Edited by Yash Nitish Bajaj

University of California to Order Hiring Pause as It Braces for Funding Cuts

University of California will impose a system-wide hiring freeze to rein in costs as the university braces for potential funding cuts.

education

Published on Mar 20, 2025 11:22 AM IST

Bloomberg |

University of California sets hiring freeze in anticipation of Trump cuts

USA-TRUMP/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (PIX):University of California sets hiring freeze in anticipation of Trump cuts

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Published on Mar 20, 2025 02:50 AM IST

Reuters |

Rejected by 16 colleges despite Google job offer, teen files lawsuit

Stanley Zhong, a high-achieving student offered a job by Google, faced rejection from 16 colleges. He is now suing for discrimination.

Stanley Zhong was rejected by 16 of the 18 colleges to which he applied.

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Updated on Mar 05, 2025 07:23 AM IST

BySanya Jain

Lawsuit accuses University of California of racial discrimination in admissions

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Published on Feb 05, 2025 01:22 AM IST

AP |

University of California sued over alleged racial discrimination in admissions

USA-EDUCATION/UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIA (CORRECTED):CORRECTED-University of California sued over alleged racial discrimination in admissions

education

Published on Feb 04, 2025 07:31 AM IST

Reuters |

California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA-PROTESTS (PIX):California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order

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Published on Jun 11, 2024 05:48 AM IST

Reuters |

Exclusive: US colleges deem Asian domination in Computer Science ‘undesirable’

Founder of a leading educational consulting company reveals the true picture of classroom diversity, community college stigma, and related issues in the US.

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Published on May 21, 2024 03:59 AM IST

ByAshima Grover

Pro-Palestinian protesters storm lecture hall at UC Irvine, police make arrests

University of California Irvine campus disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters, law enforcement makes arrests.

Law enforcement officers deployed to the University of California, Irvine (UC Irvine) detain demonstrators, after protesters against the war in Gaza surrounded the physical sciences lecture hall, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Irvine, California, U.S. May 15, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Blake(REUTERS)

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Published on May 16, 2024 08:47 AM IST

ByTuhin Das Mahapatra

Police called in as protesters take building at University of California, Irvine

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA-PROTESTS:Police called in as protesters take building at University of California, Irvine

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Published on May 16, 2024 05:52 AM IST

Reuters |

UCLA student newspaper editor speaks out after police raid anti-war encampment

Following the police raid at UCLA, the Editor-in-Chief of Daily Bruin reflected on the mayhem that the university witnessed in the past week.

Isabelle Friedman highlighted how over 50 people contributed to the coverage of campus protests, attacks on encampment and police raid at UCLA.(Daily Bruin/AP )

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Updated on May 04, 2024 07:02 PM IST

ByShweta Kukreti

Over 1500 protesters arrested across 30 US campuses in 1 month: 10 pt update

Hundreds of students arrested during protests against Israel-Hamas war at US colleges. UCLA cancels classes.

Protesters are taken into custody as law enforcement dismantle an encampment by pro-Palestinian students at the University of Texas at Dallas' Chess Plaza on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Richardson. More than a dozen protesters were arrested. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via AP)(AP)

world news

Updated on May 02, 2024 02:10 PM IST

ByTuhin Das Mahapatra

UC Berkeley officials denounce protest that forced police to evacuate Jewish event for safety

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Updated on Feb 29, 2024 02:36 AM IST

AP |

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book that attempts to highlight what has gone wrong with India’s polity and society, another that looks at Bangladesh and asks important questions about the nature of identity, religion, and the idea of “home”, and a public intellectual’s moving narrative of his personal and professional journey

This week’s pick of good reads includes an attempt to understand what’s gone wrong with India’s polity, a book that ask similar and related questions about Bangladesh, and a narrative of a personal and professional journey (HT Team)

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Updated on Dec 02, 2023 10:04 AM IST

ByHT Team

ACT test scores for US students drop to a new 30-year low

The average ACT composite score for US students was 19.5 out of 36. Last year, the average score was 19.8

Students in the class of 2023 whose scores were reported Wednesday were in their first year of high school when the virus reached the U.S.

education

Published on Oct 11, 2023 10:44 AM IST

AP |

Resurrecting the American dream

In the past two decades, protectionist US policies on immigrants forced tech founders and engineers to move away. Now, a new California law hopes to change that

Indian H1-B holders have to wait as long as 89 years for their permanent residency visas according to the Cato Institute(PTI)

opinion

Updated on Aug 02, 2023 12:42 PM IST

ByVivek Wadhwa

Top 10 universities in America according to QS World University Ranking 2024

QS World University Ranking has identified world's leading universities situated in the United states of America.

Students walk through Harvard Yard, on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP)

world news

Published on Jun 29, 2023 04:09 PM IST

ByHarshita Bhati

Indian-origin University of California chancellor gets $500,000 pay raise

After the hike in his salary, Khosla will be earning $1.14 million a year in base pay beginning Monday, May 1.

Pradeep Kumar Khosla is the eighth chancellor of University of California, San Diego.(UC San Diego Website)

world news

Published on Apr 14, 2023 07:00 PM IST

ByAdarsh Kumar Gupta

Elon Musk's Neuralink on hunt for human trail partner. Why?

Neuralink suffered a blow in early 2022, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected its application to progress to human trials, citing major safety concerns.

Elon Musk's Neuralink has been developing brain implants since 2016.(AP)

technology

Published on Mar 27, 2023 04:18 PM IST

Reuters | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao

Researchers find a new strategy to boost vaccine efficacy amid Omicron spread

The researchers of the University of California, Los Angeles discovered that using a component from viral polymerase protein, which is found in SARS-CoV-2 as well as other coronaviruses (SARS, MERS and the common cold) can trigger a more robust immune response from the vaccines.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that as per early data available, Omicron reduces efficacy of existing Covid-19 vaccines and is also more transmissible.(Twitter/TRF_Stories)

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Published on Dec 15, 2021 06:39 PM IST

Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi

Scientists warn of aggravated Covid-19 spread in winter via respiratory droplets

The modelling study, published in the journal Nano Letters, also noted that the currently followed physical distancing guidelines are inadequate in curbing the transmission of Covid-19.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of an apoptotic cell (red) infected with coronavirus particles. For representational purposes.(REUTERS)

lifestyle

Updated on Oct 15, 2020 02:03 PM IST

Los Angeles | ByPress Trust of India | Posted by Srivatsan K C

Hit by Covid-19, thousands of mink dead in the United States

A recent study done by researches at University of California (UCLA), numerous animals may be vulnerable to Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

An owner holds up a mink at his farm, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Gjoel, Denmark.(Reuters Photo)

world news

Updated on Oct 10, 2020 09:50 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi

‘Only thing better winning Nobel Prize yourself is...’ Jennifer A Doudna’s professor reacts to her win

On Wednesday, the Nobel Committee awarded the prize for chemistry to two women. It was the first time a Nobel prize was shared by two women.

American biochemist Jennifer Doudna of the University of California at Berkeley.(Reuters)

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Updated on Oct 08, 2020 04:16 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Byhindustantimes.com | Edited by Shivani Kumar

Scientists call for better public health guidance about how coronavirus spreads in air

The researchers, including those from the University of California (UC) San Diego and the University of Maryland in the US, called for the scientific community to clarify the terminology used related to aerosols and droplets, and employ a more modern size threshold, rather than the existing one which is based on 1930s-era work.

Viruses in aerosols can remain suspended in air for many seconds to hours, like smoke, and be inhaled, the scientists noted in the letter.(Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)

science

Published on Oct 06, 2020 02:04 PM IST

Los Angeles | ByPress Trust of India| Posted by Susmita Pakrasi

Dr. Vinisha Pandey is emerging as a trailblazer in modern dentistry

Dr. Vinisha is also making a mark as an entrepreneur, exhibiting ease in both dentistry and business management, her love for business has made her the “Head Member” of “Kanpur Young Entrepreneurs.”

Her USP is the painless treatment and laser dentistry that her patients are fortunate to experience.

brand stories

Updated on May 19, 2024 03:52 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

‘Immune cells involved in protection against Covid-19 identified’: Study

In the research, scientists, including Daniela Weiskopf from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in the US, extracted blood cells from 10 patients at weekly intervals starting soon after they were admitted to the ICU for Covid-19.

According to the researchers, including those from the University of California in the US, two out of 10 healthy individuals without prior exposure to the virus also harbored SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells.(REUTERS)

world news

Published on Jun 27, 2020 02:00 PM IST

Los Angeles | ByPress Trust of India

Music universally evokes 13 key emotions. Here’s all you need to know

For a recent study, scientists have rigorously documented the largest array of emotions that are universally felt through the language of music.

The scientists said that the subjective experience of music across cultures can be mapped within at least 13 overarching feelings.(Unsplash)

lifestyle

Updated on Jan 07, 2020 05:48 PM IST

Los Angeles | ByPress Trust of India

Study finds a new way to measure how water moves

This can help scientists to accurately and cheaply determine how fast water, contaminants, nutrients and other liquids move through the soil -- and where they go.

lifestyle

Updated on Aug 31, 2019 04:36 PM IST

Washington D.C. | ByAsian News International

HT Brunch Cover Story: Ananya Panday’s 60 rules of social media

Millennials take their smartphones so, so seriously that we had to ask Bollywood’s newest It Girl, to list out the best practices!

Ananya may be one film old, but the social media debate on nepotism has not spared her at all (Styling by Rashi Morbia Kumar, hair and make-up by Stacy Gomes; location courtesy: Invincible Boudoir & Jardin, Mumbai; Styling assistant: Namrata Harisinghani; Outfit, Only; shoes, Melissa)(Photos shot exclusively for HT Brunch by Subi Samuel)

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Updated on Aug 04, 2019 10:20 AM IST

Hindustan Times | BySamreen Tungekar

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James B. Milliken has been appointed president of the University of California, starting August 1, with a salary of nearly $1.5 million.

University of California, Davis sent an alert to students and staff about a large police response to a reported shooting at Community Park on Saturday.

University of California will impose a system-wide hiring freeze to rein in costs as the university braces for potential funding cuts.

USA-TRUMP/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (PIX):University of California sets hiring freeze in anticipation of Trump cuts

Stanley Zhong, a high-achieving student offered a job by Google, faced rejection from 16 colleges. He is now suing for discrimination.

Lawsuit accuses University of California of racial discrimination in admissions

USA-EDUCATION/UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIA (CORRECTED):CORRECTED-University of California sued over alleged racial discrimination in admissions

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA-PROTESTS (PIX):California public university academics end pro-Palestinian strike under court order

Founder of a leading educational consulting company reveals the true picture of classroom diversity, community college stigma, and related issues in the US.

University of California Irvine campus disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters, law enforcement makes arrests.

ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/USA-PROTESTS:Police called in as protesters take building at University of California, Irvine

Following the police raid at UCLA, the Editor-in-Chief of Daily Bruin reflected on the mayhem that the university witnessed in the past week.

Hundreds of students arrested during protests against Israel-Hamas war at US colleges. UCLA cancels classes.

UC Berkeley officials denounce protest that forced police to evacuate Jewish event for safety

The average ACT composite score for US students was 19.5 out of 36. Last year, the average score was 19.8

In the past two decades, protectionist US policies on immigrants forced tech founders and engineers to move away. Now, a new California law hopes to change that

QS World University Ranking has identified world's leading universities situated in the United states of America.

After the hike in his salary, Khosla will be earning $1.14 million a year in base pay beginning Monday, May 1.

Neuralink suffered a blow in early 2022, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected its application to progress to human trials, citing major safety concerns.

The researchers of the University of California, Los Angeles discovered that using a component from viral polymerase protein, which is found in SARS-CoV-2 as well as other coronaviruses (SARS, MERS and the common cold) can trigger a more robust immune response from the vaccines.

The modelling study, published in the journal Nano Letters, also noted that the currently followed physical distancing guidelines are inadequate in curbing the transmission of Covid-19.

A recent study done by researches at University of California (UCLA), numerous animals may be vulnerable to Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.

On Wednesday, the Nobel Committee awarded the prize for chemistry to two women. It was the first time a Nobel prize was shared by two women.

Dr. Vinisha is also making a mark as an entrepreneur, exhibiting ease in both dentistry and business management, her love for business has made her the “Head Member” of “Kanpur Young Entrepreneurs.”

In the research, scientists, including Daniela Weiskopf from the La Jolla Institute for Immunology in the US, extracted blood cells from 10 patients at weekly intervals starting soon after they were admitted to the ICU for Covid-19.

For a recent study, scientists have rigorously documented the largest array of emotions that are universally felt through the language of music.

This can help scientists to accurately and cheaply determine how fast water, contaminants, nutrients and other liquids move through the soil -- and where they go.

Millennials take their smartphones so, so seriously that we had to ask Bollywood’s newest It Girl, to list out the best practices!

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