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Wednesday, May 12, 2021

UC Board of Regents discusses investments, workplace diversity, real estate

The UC Regents Investments Committee met virtually Wednesday to discuss multiple topical issues. Some of these include UC investments, diversity and inclusion in UC workplaces and future investment in real estate.

The UC Regents Investments Committee met virtually Wednesday to discuss UC investments, diversity and inclusion in UC workplaces and the future investment in real estate, among other topics.
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Letters to the Editor

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

UC should continue supporting Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea

The editorial opposing the Thirty Meter Telescope project misinforms readers and marginalizes the voices of Hawaiians and Hawai’i residents who support this telescope.
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Editorials

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

UC should divest from Thirty Meter Telescope project on Maunakea

UNIVERSITY AFFAIRS: Supporting the telescope continues a legacy of expropriation of sacred Indigenous land that UC should reject at long last

While the UC system is only one proponent of the project, revoking its support would be a resounding statement of principle and demonstration of solidarity.
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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

UC Board of Regents discusses sustainable investments, basic needs

To kick off this week’s virtual meetings, the UC Board of Regents approved a pension asset allocation proposal and discussed how to support basic needs on campuses and create sustainable and diverse investment partnerships Tuesday.
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Sunday, July 26, 2020

UC Board of Regents to discuss Maunakea telescope, UCPD at July meetings

The UC Board of Regents will meet Tuesday through Thursday to vote on several budget measures and to discuss topics related to current events, including financial aid, the Maunakea telescope, UCPD’s role in community safety and staff diversity.
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Wednesday, July 8, 2020

UC Board of Regents votes to appoint Michael Drake as next UC president

The UC Board of Regents unanimously approved Dr. Michael Drake’s appointment as the next president of the UC system in a virtual meeting Tuesday.
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Activism 2020, UC

Thursday, June 25, 2020

Student activists push against UC’s ‘unsustainable partnerships’

This year, student organizers have begun to call out university relationships that run counter to campus values — and they are persisting through the pandemic.
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Campus

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Advocates urge UC to divest from Maunakea telescope, direct funds to COLA

Student advocates visited the UC Office of the President in Oakland on March 2 to demand the UC system to divest from the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Maunakea and direct funds toward a cost-of-living adjustment for graduate student employees.
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Communities

Friday, January 24, 2020

Protesters oppose Mauna Kea telescope at UC regents meeting

About 80 protesters gathered at a UC Board of Regents meeting Thursday to demand that the UC system divests from the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, project on Mauna Kea — a mountain that is sacred to Native Hawaiians.
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Letters to the Editor

Friday, April 19, 2019

Please consider the facts regarding the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea

There are many strong opinions about the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, project on Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island, and it is important that everyone know the facts. Unfortunately, an April 2 op-ed by members of UC Berkeley’s Indigenous Americas Working Group calling for the UC system to stop funding construction of the TMT contained inaccurate information that needs a response.
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