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The California Legislature approved a $170.9 billion state budget plan Wednesday, allocating $3.5 billion to the University of California for the 2016-17 school year.
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UC Berkeley students and alumni took a stand against UC investment in fossil fuels by staging an all day sit-in Wednesday at the UC Office of Investments in Oakland.
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Last month, the UC Office of Admissions announced that it would be modifying the undergraduate application for freshmen applying in the upcoming fall semester, replacing the two essay prompts with eight new questions.
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Five million dollars in funding for undocumented UC students is set to expire in June, with many urging UC President Janet Napolitano to renew the initiative.
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The University of California announced a new fellowship program Wednesday for students pursuing public interest law.
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UC Berkeley ranked first in the 2016 edition of Forbes’ “America’s Best Value Colleges” list of 300 schools, released Tuesday.
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The UC Board of Regents will convene Wednesday and Thursday to vote on a new retirement plan and a newly revised intolerance policy for the UC system and to discuss updates on mental health resources on UC campuses.
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Unions representing employees from across the University of California face delays in the processing of contract disputes, as the state agency responsible for processing them confronts a large backlog of cases.
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UC Chief Investment Officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher recently announced that the university will attempt to decrease its costs by further reducing its number of hedge fund managers, who manage about $2 billion of the university’s endowment of $8.8 billion in assets.
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The UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education released a report Tuesday highlighting the negative implications of a significant increase in contracted employees throughout California’s custodial and security workforces.
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