SACRAMENTO — Several University of California regents expressed concern for the state of the University’s finances – in light of proposed changes in state funding and other internal issues – at the bimonthly UC Board of Regents meeting on Wednesday.
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UC Regents meeting to address proposed changes to budget
Gov. Jerry Brown’s revised budget proposal, which was released Tuesday, will be a major point of discussion at the UC Board of Regents meeting today and Thursday.
Long Story Short – April 22, 2013
Did you know that April 22 was designated as International Mother Earth Day by the United Nations in 2009? Sammi and Kevin talked to Chief Sustainability Officer Nurit Katz on recent developments in the environmental movement as well as what UCLA students can do in their daily lives to protect and help conserve the environment. It’s also […]
State legislature may require UC to remove student health insurance benefit caps
The state legislature may soon require the University of California to remove benefit caps currently in place under the UC Student Health Insurance Plan.
Mark Yudof featured speaker at Institute for Molecular Medicine seminar
University of California President Mark Yudof joined the likes of renowned biologist Richard Dawkins and UCLA basketball coach Ben Howland in speaking at the UCLA Institute for Molecular Medicine weekly seminar on Thursday.
Law bans unlocking cellphones
Students will now be prohibited from unlocking their cellphones without the carrier’s permission, under a recent change to a federal act. Unlocking a cellphone, or allowing it to function under other networks, without the carrier’s permission, was legal up until last month, under an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The copyright law was […]
UC SHIP cuts off benefits at lifetime cap
A provision in the University of California Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) that cuts off benefits at a lifetime cap has recently stirred controversy among students and employees affected by the limits.