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The UC Office of the President, or UCOP, released UC Medicare Choice, a new health care option for retirees residing in California that will have lower premiums and replace the current Health Net Seniority Plus Medicare Advantage HMO, according to UCOP spokesperson Sarah McBride.
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The UC Berkeley campus needs to decide what is more important: maintaining a parking garage or improving campus by building housing and classrooms.
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UC Berkeley has decided to allow formal instruction during the Monday and Tuesday of Reading, Review and Recitation Week, or RRR week — commonly referred to as “dead week” — to make up for lost class time after the campus canceled instruction because of poor air quality.
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Chancellor Carol Christ announced Sunday afternoon that all classes will be canceled Monday and Tuesday due to poor air quality in Berkeley.
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Members of the UC Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate discussed new frameworks to promote accessibility of campus resources, the role of standardized testing in admissions processes and students’ mental health at its meeting Monday.
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The UC Cultural Repatriation Policy, which was last revised in 2001, requires that campuses consult with tribal authorities in acting upon repatriation requests; tensions still exist, however, between Native American tribes and UC campuses over culturally-unidentifiable remains.
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Retired campus architecture professor Nezar AlSayyad, who was suspended over sexual harassment allegations in August, is now suing the UC Board of Regents and Chancellor Carol Christ over his suspension.
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The UC Board of Regents will convene at UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center from Tuesday through Thursday to discuss advocacy in state government, recent audits, court cases and policies about relations with Native American communities.
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Alvarez-Cohen has been a professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering for about 27 years and will take her new position July 1, according to a campuswide email from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos. She said her goal is to meet the different needs of her job by finding a suitable approach to each.
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Robinson has served as the interim chief campus counsel since October 2017. Christopher Patti, the previous chief campus counsel, was killed in a bicycle accident in August 2017. Starting in June, Robinson’s appointment will become permanent.
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