The announcement came as UCLA reached a $6 million settlement with three Jewish students and a Jewish professor who sued the university, arguing it violated their civil rights by allowing pro-Palestinian protesters in 2024 to block their access to classes and other areas on campus.

The campus group Faculty for Justice in Palestine at UCLA issued a statement Friday condemning the Trump administration’s freezing of research funds, calling it a “cynical weaponization of antisemitism” that furthers a “misinformation campaign spinning calls for Palestinian freedom as antisemitic.”