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Wednesday, September 16, 2020

UC Board of Regents discusses sustainable investments, basic needs

The UC Board of Regents meets in January. At its virtual meeting Tuesday, the Investments Committee discussed being flexible in the allocation of their investment money so UC investors can move assets to get more returns when opportunities show themselves.

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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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

National vaccination opposition group plans to sue UC system over flu immunization policy

Children’s Health Defense plans to sue the UC system over its new mandatory flu vaccine policy, as announced Aug. 11.
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Sunday, August 9, 2020

CA congressional members pen letter opposing religious restrictions in UC health care affiliations

On Wednesday, 39 California congressional members wrote a letter to the UC Board of Regents to oppose UC affiliations that may impose religious restrictions on health care.
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Friday, August 7, 2020

UC system to require flu immunization for students, employees

The UC Office of the President announced Friday that it will require employees and students to receive an influenza immunization in the fall.
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Editorials

Thursday, August 6, 2020

UC must cease its role in Berkeley’s gentrification

CITY AFFAIRS: The UC should not demolish affordable, rent-controlled apartments to expand student housing

The UC system has the expertise and the resources to increase housing units without displacing less-affluent residents — so it ought to.
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Sunday, July 26, 2020

Lawsuit filed against UC system calls test-optional policy ‘discriminatory’

Students are suing the UC system for its test-optional admissions policy, alleging that applicants will still have to take the discriminatory exams.
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Monday, July 6, 2020

UC Academic Council calls for radical reform of UC police force

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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Campus

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

UC campuses lag in returning Native American artifacts

UC Berkeley and other UC campuses have been slow to return Native American tribal artifacts kept in their collections and have failed to comply with federal law, a recent audit found.
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Thursday, June 11, 2020

UC regent cleared of sexual harassment allegations

The UC Board of Regents amended the investigation policy for reviewing allegations of UC regent misconduct May 21, following an investigation into sexual harassment allegations raised against UC Regent George Kieffer in November 2019, which have since been cleared.
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Research & Ideas

Monday, June 8, 2020

UC system awards $2M to CA COVID-19 researchers

More than $2 million in emergency funding is being distributed to California researchers to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 among vulnerable communities.
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