SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) -- For the second time this year, students and faculty at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) staged a protest outside Geisel Library, demanding the federal government reverse deep education funding cuts imposed by the Trump administration — cuts they say are threatening research, jobs and the future of scientific innovation.

Dozens of protesters gathered on campus, holding signs and sharing personal stories about how the loss of federal research grants is impacting their work and well-being.

“This year has been filled with many moments of insecurity,” said Eleanor Ketterer-Sykes, a first-year Ph.D. student in the neuroscience program. "UCSD is one of the best science schools in the country because of its renowned research labs, you have access to labs a

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