Howard Gillman

The second annual #SpeechMatters conference — hosted by the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 27 — focused on participation and protest on college campuses, but was interrupted by students protesting for a cost of living adjustment.

UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and UC President Janet Napolitano discussed free speech on college campuses and how administrators should respond to controversial events at a moderated interview hosted by the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Monday.

With the proliferation of protests on college campuses, the University of California, birthplace of the free speech movement, announced plans Thursday to launch a national center to study First Amendment issues in Washington D.C.

Recently appointed dean Erwin Chemerinsky isn’t interested in rehabilitating the UC Berkeley School of Law — because he believes it doesn’t need rehabilitating.

Former UC president and UC Irvine chancellor Jack Peltason, known to family and friends for his wit and easygoing nature, died Saturday at the age of 91.

Many believe that compensation increases for the university's highest administrators in times of economic uncertainty are fundamentally misguided. For some students, faculty and legislators alike, the university’s argument for increasing chancellor compensation to maintain quality isn’t logically flawed — it’s wrong in principle.

At its meeting Thursday, the UC Board of Regents approved compensation increases for several chancellors and executives in the UC Office of the President in addition to approving a new policy for chancellor compensation.

UC President Janet Napolitano announced Thursday her selection of UC Irvine Provost Howard Gillman as the campus’s new chancellor.

UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake will step down from his position to become president of the Ohio State University, UC President Janet Napolitano announced Thursday.