The Daily Californian News Staff

Hundreds of students and community members walked out and gathered in front of Sproul Hall on Wednesday as part of demonstrations coordinated across the U.S. by the National Students for Justice in Palestine. 

Following a week of escalation in the latest Israel-Hamas war, with increasing airstrikes in the Gaza region and the mass evacuation of Palestinians, hundreds of students and community members gathered peacefully in front of Sather Gate at noon Monday calling for a free Palestine.

Following escalating violence in Israel and Gaza since Saturday, students have taken to campus to mourn and protest actions overseas.

The UC Board of Regents reconvened Thursday to discuss undergraduate and graduate students and an overview of long-term goals for the university. 

The UC Board of Regents convened Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss funding and investments, listen to wage concerns, address mandatory compliance training and more.

The UC Board of Regents continued its discussions of UC workgroups and staff conditions at its Thursday meeting and announced notable student awards.

UC Regents convened at UCSF Mission Bay Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss its investment portfolio, budget and benefits and UCSF’s acquisition of two hospitals. 

The UC Board of Regents met Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss AI investments, immigration status and work-study jobs, ableism training for faculty and staff and budget reports. The board also voted to unanimously approve UC Berkeley’s new College of Computing, Data Science and Society, or CDSS.

On May 18, the UC Board of Regents reconvened for its second and third board meetings of the week, alongside a joint meeting from the academic and student affairs committee and finance and capital strategies committee.

Anthropology students have protested the decision to close three of UC Berkeley’s libraries and reallocate their materials since February, when the “Long-term Space Plan” was proposed.