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At its virtual meeting Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents passed the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, 2021-22 budget, discussed student mental health needs, heard updates on open access agreements for research and explored ways to support campus innovation and entrepreneurship.
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The UC Regents Investments Committee met virtually Wednesday to discuss UC investments, diversity and inclusion in UC workplaces and the future investment in real estate, among other topics.
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The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, and the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, made little progress on lecturer contract negotiations this week as they approach a potential impasse, according to Kendra Levine, UC-AFT Unit 17 chair and research librarian.
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On April 22, the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, made public a proposed policy that strongly recommends that all UC students, faculty, academic appointees and staff receive the COVID-19 vaccine for fall 2021.
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Almost 200 people came together Saturday at a Zoom rally hosted by the University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, to demand a fair contract for UC lecturers and demonstrate their willingness to strike.
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UC Cops Off Campus, a coalition of university students, faculty, community organizations and other workers, is planning to hold a day of refusal to demand the abolition of the UCPD on Monday.
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On March 31, the UC system announced that it was one of 300 organizations affected by a nationwide cyberattack on Accellion’s File Transfer Appliance, a vendor service used for “transferring sensitive information.”
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Beginning their terms as the UC system emerged from the financial crisis of 2008 and ending amid a pandemic, George Kieffer and Charlene Zettel retired from the UC Board of Regents in March after a 12-year career.
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The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, or AFSCME Local 3299, launched a campaign condemning UC administration for an alleged use of police force on a UC worker due to a language barrier.
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Inklings of COVID-19 vaccination requirements for returning UC Berkeley students emerged Thursday as the UC system proposed a policy mandating the vaccine.
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