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…
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…
Officials in charge of the UC Student Health Insurance Plan voted in support of lifting the plan’s coverage caps, one move in a series of steps before the final decision regarding the caps is made. Read More…
UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau joined a growing group of student leaders and politicians when he urged for the lifting of coverage caps from the UC Student Health Insurance Plan in a letter signed Wednesday. Read More…
If passed, Assembly Bill 199, the “Choose California” bill, would mandate that state institutions purchase foods from California farms so long as their prices are not more than 5 percent more expensive than identical items from outside the state. Read More…
House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi responded to student concerns with the UC Student Health Insurance Plan Wednesday, urging UC President Mark Yudof to lift coverage caps and ensure easier access to preventive care. Read More…
