UC regents meet at UCSF to discuss financial aid, federal advocacy
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The UC Board of Regents met for a second day at UCSF on Wednesday to discuss financial aid, workers’ pension funds and federal advocacy.
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Special committee appointed to select next UC president
With UC President Janet Napolitano stepping down this coming August, UC Board of Regents chair John Pérez has appointed a Special Committee to Consider the Selection of a President.
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UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement appoints academic advisory board
19 scholars spanning across a variety of disciplines were named members of the inaugural academic advisory board for the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement.
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UC Board of Regents hears updates from committee on basic needs
The UC Board of Regents met with the Investments Subcommittee and newly created Basic Needs Committee on Tuesday, the first of its regular three-day meeting, at UCSF Mission Bay.
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Gov. Jerry Brown appoints 4 new members to UC Board of Regents
The new appointees are Laphonza Butler, Michael Cohen, Cecilia V. Estolano and Richard H. Leib. All four appointees will need to be confirmed by the state Senate.
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UC Berkeley research fellow Michael Cohen, rising star in computer science, dies at 25
Michael Cohen, a rising star in the computer science field and a research fellow at the UC Berkeley Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, died last week in Berkeley at the age of 25. Berkeley police said he died of natural causes, but the specific cause of death is still pending.
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Hundreds march through UC Berkeley protesting police presence at canceled ‘Free Speech Week’ event
Despite the cancellation of “Free Speech Week” at UC Berkeley, about 200 people marched from Crescent Lawn to Wheeler Hall on Monday afternoon to protest militarization and police presence on campus.
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Majority of UC Berkeley STEM professors will conduct class during ‘Free Speech Week,’ despite faculty boycott
Of the 132 faculty members who signed a letter advocating a boycott of classes and campus activities during the upcoming “Free Speech Week” at UC Berkeley, only five professors are from STEM departments on campus.
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UC Berkeley staff members express safety concerns for ‘Free Speech Week’
UC Berkeley faculty circulated a letter Wednesday morning calling for the campus and Berkeley community to boycott the “alt-right presence” by canceling all classes and campus activities for the duration of “Free Speech Week.”
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UC Berkeley faculty members call for boycott of classes during ‘Free Speech Week’
In a letter addressed to the UC Berkeley campus and the Berkeley community, 132 campus faculty members from various departments have called for a complete boycott of classes and campus activities during “Free Speech Week,” which will be held on campus from Sept. 24-27.
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