UC campuses, medical centers offer in-house COVID-19 testing
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Several UC campuses have begun offering in-house testing for COVID-19, colloquially known as the coronavirus, as first reported by the Sacramento Bee.
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UCOP enacts temporary emergency options for employees in response to COVID-19
The UC Office of the President enacted a series of temporary emergency options that include 14 paid administrative days for employees who are quarantined or have to care for a family member diagnosed with COVID-19.
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UC system receives less freshman, more transfer applications
The UC system experienced a decrease in freshman applications for a second consecutive year while the number of transfer applications rose, according to data released by the UC Office of the President, or UCOP.
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Appeals court rules women may sue UC Berkeley over sexual misconduct policy
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that three women who were allegedly sexually assaulted while undergraduate students at UC Berkeley may sue the school for a policy of indifference to reports of sexual misconduct.
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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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UC undergraduate enrollment rises for 4th consecutive year
UC in-state undergraduate enrollment rose for the fourth year in a row in fall 2019. According to the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, the enrollment increase is a result of the UC system’s commitment to providing higher education to more Californians.
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UC defends DACA recipients before US Supreme Court
The UC system appeared before the U.S Supreme Court on Tuesday as it defended the rights of nearly 700,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients to stay in the United States.
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Student’s Facebook post calls attention to lecturers’ working conditions
On Friday, campus junior Eliza Davis posted a Google form on Facebook to raise awareness for UC lecturers’ working conditions, as well as to garner student support.
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UC files brief to Supreme Court challenging Trump’s 2017 DACA reversal
The UC system filed a brief to the Supreme Court, challenging the Trump administration’s 2017 decision to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
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