UC implements contract for patient care employees
The University of California implemented its last offer on wages and benefits for more than 12,000 patient care employees Wednesday. Read More…
Category Archives: UC
Court rules officers implicated in UC Davis pepper-spraying must be named
A state appellate court ruled Tuesday that the University of California must disclose the names of all police officers that were involved in the November 18th, 2011 UC Davis pepper-spray incident. Read More…
Regents approve changes to faculty code of conduct to protect faculty speech
The UC Regents unanimously approved changes to its Faculty Code of Conduct Thursday, including new provisions protecting faculty’s freedom to express opinions regarding institutional matters. Read More…
Napolitano confirmation draws protests, six arrests
6 protesters were arrested Thursday after disrupting the appointment of incoming UC President Janet Napolitano and refusing to disperse pursuant to police orders, at a UC Board Regents meeting at UCSF Mission Bay. Read More…
Regents discuss online education, world food center at morning session
The morning session of the UC Regents meeting on Thursday featured discussions on online education and the establishment of a World Food Center at UC Davis. Read More…
Napolitano confirmed as UC president amid protests, arrests
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was appointed UC President at a special meeting of the UC Board of Regents Thursday amid protests over her selection, which ended in the arrest of at least four students. Read More…
UC takes political tack with selection of Napolitano
A UC Regents’ special committee to select the next president chose the Homeland Security Department secretary and former two-time Arizona governor to succeed outgoing president Mark Yudof, an unconventional choice for more reasons than simply that she would be the first female president in the University’s 145 year history. Read More…
UC Regents meeting Day Three Live Blog
In its final day of the UC Regents meeting at the UCSF Mission Bay campus, the regents will decide on some of the most important issues on UC’s tables today, most notably the appointment of Janet Napolitano as the new UC President. Napolitano’s stirred controversy among UC faculty and students, Read More…
Napolitano’s expected appointment stirs controversy at UC
Several UC Berkeley affiliates intend to protest the appointment of former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano as President of the University of California, who is set to be confirmed at the UC Board of Regents meeting Thursday. Read More…
UC Board of Regents appoints Sadia Saifuddin as student regent-designate
The UC Board of Regents appointed UC Berkeley senior Sadia Saifuddin as student regent-designate at its meeting Wednesday, despite some controversy over her selection. Read More…