Amruta Trivedi

The UC Board of Regents is set to meet Wednesday for the second in a three day set of meetings held this week at UCSF's Mission Bay campus.

Columbia University's Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty for Arts and Sciences Nicholas Dirks has been selected as UC Berkeley’s 10th Chancellor, UC President Mark Yudof announced Thursday.

Following the settlement of a lawsuit alleging that demonstrations on the UC Berkeley campus created a hostile environment for Jewish students, the campus is considering changes to its policy for public expression.

More than four years after receiving initial approval by the UC Board of Regents, UC Riverside has gained preliminary accreditation to establish a full medical school, officials announced Tuesday.

The UC Board of Regents met Thursday for the last and final day of their September meeting.

The second day of the UC Board of Regents' three-day meeting was dominated by discussions about how proposed strategies to combat the university's budget shortfall would affect the ethnic diversity of its student body, quality of education and financial affordability for low- and middle-income students.

The UC Board of Regents met on Tuesday to discuss systemwide policies on campus climate and student safety and to approve plans for construction projects at various UC campuses, commencing the first of three days of meetings this week.

Tuesday marked the first day the UC Board of Regents' three-day meeting. The board is scheduled to meet Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week to discuss a wide range of issues.

The UC Board of Regents is set to meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week at the UCSF Mission Bay campus to discuss strategies to address budget shortfalls and a legal settlement for protesters who were pepper-sprayed last November at UC Davis, among other issues.