Aimee Dorr

Last week, the UC Board of Regents filled two systemwide positions: UC provost and executive vice president for academic affairs and chief compliance and audit officer at UC Office of the President.

The UC Regents assembled Wednesday at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center for the second day of its regular July meeting. Among the presented topics, the regents discussed student life, implementation of UCOP audit recommendations and potentially adding letters of recommendation to the UC application process.

On Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents convened at UCSF Mission Bay for its regular board meeting, the first since California State Auditor Elaine Howle raised several concerns about the University of California Office of the President in an April 25 audit report.

At its Thursday meeting, the UC Board of Regents discussed how the university will need to adapt to accommodate projected population changes in California over the next two decades.

At its Wednesday meeting, the UC Board of Regents discussed seven of the 13 academic elements in the 2015-16 budget framework developed by the university and Gov. Jerry Brown.

A committee of the UC Board of Regents unanimously voted during its meeting at UCSF Wednesday to establish an advisory committee, which will examine ways to reduce the university's cost structure.

I am pouring my heart and soul into saving Lick largely because of my deep commitment to UC students and postdoctoral scholars who would be disproportionately affected by its defunding.

The economic recession and significant decline in state funding for higher education have forced the university to scrutinize every program and every dollar spent and to make many difficult choices in recent years.

Researchers are reeling from the abrupt decision last year to terminate all funding for the university’s only fully owned observatory — the only one where graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from across the UC system can design and execute their own research projects.

On Wednesday, the second of this week’s UC Board of Regents meeting at the UCSF Mission Bay campus focused on the system-wide expansion of online education and its implications for the UC.