Author Archives: Jennifer Mishory

When the clock struck 1 p.m. on Sunday and the dancers took a seat, UCLA Dance Marathon committee members announced that the event had raised $268,831.31 to fight pediatric AIDS. While the event is over for UCLA students, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation will use the money raised this weekend as part of an […]

The University of California Board of Regents Investment Advisory Committee met Tuesday at UCLA to review the status of the UC portfolio and in part to provide an update on the status of the Sudan divestment proposal. The meeting focused primarily on discussion of the UC-portfolio performance. Though the portfolio experienced positive returns, some regents […]

The University of California’s agenda now includes the task of determining the appropriateness of divestment of UC funds from international companies doing business in the Darfur region of Sudan. The UC Board of Regents voted at its meeting last week to send letters to fund managers expressing concern and to investigate the consequences of divestment. […]

The UC Sudan Divestment Taskforce prepared for Thursday’s UC Board of Regents meeting with a memorial for genocide victims at Meyerhoff Park on Tuesday. Tombstones with the number of dead from the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan surrounded students, who held up pictures of the regents and recited what they hope to hear […]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed a $125.6 billion spending plan Tuesday that increases spending on education, health services, and roads and highways. The budget proposal includes a 7 percent increase in expenditures but does not increase taxes. “California is now on the road to both economic recovery and fiscal stability,” Schwarzenegger said in a statement. The […]

The recent discussions surrounding the salaries of top administrators have been accompanied by questions regarding the salaries of University of California professors. The smaller salaries of UC professors compared to similar institutions and the possible loss of top faculty is a growing concern among university leadership. The cash salary of the average UC employee is […]

The long process to determine who will manage the Los Alamos National Laboratory will conclude in the coming weeks. The University of California has bid for continued management of the New Mexico lab in consortium with Bechtel National, BWXT and Washington Group International. Their chief rival for the contract is a group led by Lockheed-Martin […]