University of California President Janet Napolitano said she thought the protest that accompanied the March UC Board of Regents meeting was over the top. “Public comment for some has become an opportunity to not be communicating with the regents,” she said in an Editorial Board interview with The Bruin Thursday. “Maybe the point is not […]
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UC student health center doctors to hold second strike
Doctors at the University of California student health centers will go on their second strike in three months starting Thursday, claiming the UC has not provided the financial information that the union needs. Doctors at the UCLA student health center – as well as at UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine and UC San Diego – […]
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Students protest potential cuts to federal Pell Grant program
More than a dozen UCLA students traveled to Washington, D.C., this weekend to protest potential cuts to the federal Pell Grant program and to participate in a national student legislative conference. The House and Senate budget proposals passed last week would freeze maximum Pell Grant awards for students at the current $5,775. President Barack Obama […]
Napolitano apologizes for calling protest at UC Regents meeting ‘crap’
University of California President Janet Napolitano apologized Thursday for calling Wednesday’s student protests “crap,” a remark caught on the meeting’s live stream.
Napolitano, Gov. Brown briefly update regents on their committee
SAN FRANCISCO — The committee of two between University of California President Janet Napolitano and Gov. Jerry Brown has met with the UC constituents but won’t release any recommendations for another several months, Napolitano told the UC Board of Regents Wednesday. “Hopefully in the near future, without putting a date on it, we will be […]
Regents to hear report on UC’s cost structure, among other topics
The University of California Board of Regents will meet in UC San Francisco this week to examine a report from a committee evaluating the University’s cost structure, among other topics. Gov. Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano formed the Select Advisory Committee on the Cost Structure of the University during the January regents meeting. […]