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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    With frozen UCLA grants, researcher doesn’t know how his work will continue

    The Trump administration froze UCLA’s roughly 800 grants, covering research into medicine, science, energy, and climate. How are scholars and the university responding?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 6, 2025 • 1 min read

    The Trump administration froze UCLA’s roughly 800 grants, covering research into medicine, science, energy, and climate. How are scholars and the university responding?

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    3. 26:45‘The Devil Wears Rothko’: Inside one of the art world’s biggest scandals
    4. 43:37Garlic: How to use it in soup, sauces, salad dressings
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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    ‘The Devil Wears Rothko’ traces Knoedler Gallery fake art scandal
    1. 0:00With frozen UCLA grants, researcher doesn’t know how his work will continueYou’re reading this
    2. 9:49Luke Farritor and DOGE’s controversial cuts
    3. 26:45‘The Devil Wears Rothko’: Inside one of the art world’s biggest scandals
    4. 43:37Garlic: How to use it in soup, sauces, salad dressings
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