CA Gov. Newsom announces proposed state budget
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom submitted a $222.2 billion budget plan for the 2020-21 State Budget to the state Legislature on Friday.
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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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UC, UPTE-CWA 9119 union reach tentative contract agreement after 2 years of negotiations
After more than two years of working without a contract, the University Technical and Professional Employees-Communications Workers of America 9119 union and the UC system reached a tentative five-year contract agreement Tuesday, which, if approved, could affect more than 13,000 UC employees.
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UC commits to climate change policy research at coalition summit
As a member of the University Climate Change Coalition, or UC3 — a coalition of North American research universities designed to help combat climate change — the UC system announced its involvement with a platform aimed at accelerating climate change policy research on July 23.
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2019 UC Labor Impact Issue: Editors’ Note
The Daily Californian’s impact issue on UC labor strives to feature the university workforce and its importance to campus communities.
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A more perfect union: How 7 UC Berkeley faculty members changed history through unionizing almost 50 years ago
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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UC Berkeley receives 5 best practice awards for sustainability programs
UC Berkeley received five best practice awards for its sustainability programs during the the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference, an annual event held with the purpose of highlighting research, case studies, operational programs and community partnerships.
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Academic researchers, postdoctoral research fellows protest amid labor negotiation
About 100 people from Academic Researchers United/the United Automobile Workers Local 5810, the union for Postdoctoral Research Fellows, gathered outside California Hall at about noon on Wednesday while in negotiations with the University for the first time.
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Lawsuit against UC over health benefits for laboratory retirees progresses 9 years after filing
A court case against the UC system over health benefits for retirees of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is expected to be heard by the Alameda County Superior Court almost a decade after it was first filed, according to Carl Whitaker, a public relations consultant for the retirees.
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UC receives 5th patent for CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing system
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted the University of California a new patent for the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 system of gene-editing technology on Tuesday. The patent, No. 10,301,651, covers methods of modulating DNA transcription.
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