Hadi Makarechian

The UC Board of Regents discussed the approval of the UC San Diego chancellor’s additional compensation as well as UC employee housing programs during a special board meeting on Thursday.

The UC Board of Regents kicked off its first day of meetings Wednesday at UCSF Mission Bay to discuss topics including climate change goals, budgeting and the recent Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade.

The UC Board of Regents Committee on Investments reviewed the current performance of the UC system’s investment portfolios at its open meeting Tuesday.

The UC Board of Regents approved UC Berkeley’s Long Range Development Plan, or LRDP, and analyzed diversity in UC innovation and entrepreneurship Wednesday.

During its virtual meeting Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents discussed the financial impacts of COVID-19, passed a budget resolution adjusting to a $1.2 billion deficit and approved guidelines for reopening campuses, which will likely operate in a “hybrid mode" during the upcoming fall semester.

The UC Board of Regents makes decisions that impact every UC student’s life — determining student tuition, approving campus developments, setting the UC system’s budget and more — yet most students across the system do not know who the regents are.

The UC Board of Regents convened virtually Thursday to discuss standardized testing requirements, to hear public comment regarding the UC system’s COVID-19 response and to approve preliminary plans to build on People’s Park.

On Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents met virtually for the second day this week to discuss COVID-19, online instruction and special talent admissions, among other matters.

John Pérez was elected as the 2019-20 chair of the UC Board of Regents in May and started working in the new position July 1.

The UC Board of Regents approved an increase to undergraduate nonresident supplemental tuition during its last day of meetings at the UCSF Robertson Auditorium.