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A policy to phase out nonessential single-use plastics on UC campuses, created by the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, and CalPIRG, was announced and put into effect Monday.
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This year, with the transition to remote instruction, student voting — along with the rest of campus life — is going to look a lot different.
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After announcing her resignation Sept. 18, 2019, UC President Janet Napolitano’s seven-year tenure is coming to an end, and she will be replaced by Michael Drake on Aug. 1.
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Dr. Michael Drake will be the next president of the UC system — the first person of color and the first Black person to hold the position.
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The UCPD is in need of a “visionary and transformative” restructuring in the wake of the national Black Lives Matter movement, the UC Academic Council said in a letter June 29.
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UC Berkeley is planning a study next year to measure the effects of test-blind admissions on academic performance after UC regents voted to eliminate the use of SAT and ACT.
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During its virtual meeting Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents discussed the financial impacts of COVID-19, passed a budget resolution adjusting to a $1.2 billion deficit and approved guidelines for reopening campuses, which will likely operate in a “hybrid mode” during the upcoming fall semester.
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The UC Board of Regents makes decisions that impact every UC student’s life — determining student tuition, approving campus developments, setting the UC system’s budget and more — yet most students across the system do not know who the regents are.
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The ASUC Senate met virtually Wednesday to discuss accommodations campus will be taking moving forward in response to COVID-19, the new coronavirus.
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Apoorva Prakasha and Chaka Tellem are running for the ASUC Senate under the REBUILD coalition to represent women in STEM and the Black community, respectively.
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