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The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, voted to authorize a potential strike for increased job security and pay for UC lecturers June 2.
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Amid the ebb and flow of private funding that occurs every year, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in private donations to UC Berkeley to support the campus community.
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On Monday morning, three UC Berkeley students associated with DxE locked themselves inside of Crossroads to demand that UC Berkeley “drop factory farms.”
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The UC Office of the President, or UCOP, announced Thursday that it will work with Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates — a woman and minority-owned executive search firm — to find the next UC president.
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In response to a labor dispute in the UC system, the Democratic National Committee, or DNC, announced that it is no longer planning to hold the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate at UCLA.
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The UC system has declared a climate emergency, joining more than 7,000 other colleges and universities worldwide that are committed to addressing the climate crisis.
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They voted to form an AFT council specific to the University of California, creating the University Council-AFT, which currently represents more than 3,300 librarians and non-Academic Senate faculty members such as lecturers, has staff on all 10 UC campuses and continues to enter into regular negotiations with the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, over salaries, job security, job roles and more.
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Members of the UC Board of Regents gathered at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center on Thursday to talk about the state and UC Office of the President, or UCOP, budgets for 2019-20, the board’s goals to improve and create more academic programs in the Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources and a proposition for a new cohort-based tuition plan.
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The board met Wednesday to review the 2019-20 budget, appoint Jamaal Muwwakkil as the 2020-21 student regent and review basic needs within the UC system.
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Former UC Berkeley professor of philosophy John Searle was stripped of his emeritus status June 19 for violating university policies regarding sexual harassment and retaliation, according to campus spokesperson Janet Gilmore.
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