Sarah McBride

For years, UC Berkeley has been working to address low faculty diversity through hiring initiatives despite difficulties posed by California’s ban on affirmative action.

UC President Janet Napolitano said during a webinar Thursday that it is unlikely UC campuses will be fully reopened by fall due to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The UC and CSU systems will give emergency funds to undocumented students, who were excluded from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, which allowed qualifying citizens to receive national stimulus checks.

More than 2,300 people have signed a petition demanding a partial fee reimbursement from campus to compensate for the changes and difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, as of press time.

The UC Board of Regents is set to vote on a potential tuition increase at its meeting March 19. The tuition increase plan would make the amount of tuition undergraduates pay dependent on their families' yearly incomes.

UC Berkeley administration is monitoring information regarding the global spread of COVID-19 to ensure that UC Berkeley’s 6,566 international students meet visa requirements after most in-person classes were canceled through March 29.

The federal government has budgeted $500 million for its integrated communications campaign, or outreach program, for the U.S. 2020 Census.

Five finalists have been selected to attend the fifth annual 2020 UC Startup Pitch Showcase in Monterey on Jan. 29 and 30, according to a UC press release.

Clif Bar and UC President Janet Napolitano have each donated $500,000 to fund the California Organic Institute, which will be dedicated to organic research and education.

Laws intended to address issues brought to public attention in the 2019 college admissions bribery scandal are going into effect this year.