Amidst the increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks universities face, UC Berkeley is doubling its efforts and allying with the other UC’s to combat security risks. Read More…
Student voice on the UC Board of Regents will gain volume when a program to bring more student opinions to the UC system’s top decision-makers launches in the coming months. As part of a pilot program, the UC Student Association will nominate three students each year to act as “student Read More…
The UC Regents filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Aon Hewitt, alleging the firm’s “negligent” actuarial and consulting services led to the UC Student Health Insurance Plan accruing more than a $57 million deficit over the past three years. Read More…
While many government agencies have ceased to operate in the wake of the federal government shutdown, UC campuses have been spared from most immediate impacts — at least in the short run. Read More…
An administrative efficiency program to improve the UC system’s fiscal policies has already saved the UC a total of over $400 million over the last three years. Read More…
The University of California filed a lawsuit against Bank of America, Barclays, and 20 other global financial institutions on Tuesday, alleging the university suffered financial damages when the banks manipulated an interest-rate benchmark, known as the London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), that affects trillions of dollars of investments worldwide. Read More…
California lawmakers passed a revised 2013-14 state budget on Friday that increases funding for the UC but excludes funding-tied performance outcome requirements that were proposed in Gov. Brown’s original budget draft.
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The UC Office of the President announced a 3 percent universitywide increase in salary for nonrepresented staff, as well as a 2 percent increase for faculty and nonrepresented academic personnel on Thursday, effective July 1. Read More…
The budget calls for a four-year tuition freeze for all students except those in professional schools, and discontinuation of a proposed unit cap ons state-subsidized coures, which could have affected 2,200 UC students in the next school year. Read More…
Following months of controversy, UC Berkeley announced that it will withdraw from the systemwide UC Student Health Insurance Plan in the fall. Read More…