Speakers and panelists discussed the 2016 presidential election and responses to global terrorism, among other topics, at a Friday conference that focused on the relationship between the United States and Australia. About 100 people gathered in Covel Commons for the third U.S.-Australian Dialogue on Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific. Kal Raustiala, director of the UCLA Burkle […]
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UC Board of Regents adds nonvoting student adviser position
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California regents voted on Thursday to add a new student adviser to their board, pushing through a resolution proposed by Student Regent Avi Oved last year. The Committee on Governance unanimously approved the new position at the January regents meeting in San Francisco. Oved spearheaded the effort to add […]
UC Regents recap – Jan. 20
SAN FRANCISCO – Several committees of the University of California Board of Regents met Wednesday to discuss this year’s application progress, the Governor’s proposed budget and updates on UCPath, among other items. Discussion on 2015-2016 undergraduate applications Several UC officials spoke about the status of the 2015-2016 undergraduate student application process. There was a 2.3 […]
Student housing plan to add 14,000 affordable beds across UC by 2020
SAN FRANCISCO — University of California President Janet Napolitano announced an initiative Wednesday morning that will add at least 14,000 affordable beds across the UC system by 2020. Napolitano’s student housing initiative aims to add these beds in a mix of graduate and undergraduate housing and university apartments in an effort to address the issue […]
UC Regents committee approves independent UCLA School of Music
SAN FRANCISCO — A University of California Board of Regents committee granted autonomy to the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in a unanimous vote Wednesday morning, making it a separate entity from the School of the Arts and Architecture. The Regents Committee on Educational Policy approved the proposal. Under the proposal, the pre-existing departments […]
UC Regents preview – Jan. 20-21
The University of California Board of Regents will discuss the creation of a student adviser position, a collaboration with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known by its French acronym CERN, and the governor’s proposed budget, among other topics, at its January meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Campus on Wednesday and […]
Student leaders recommend changes to Statement of Principles Against Intolerance
A group of student leaders released a list of recommendations Friday that call on the University of California Board of Regents to promise more cultural and supportive services for marginalized groups as a modification to the UC‘s Statement of Principles Against Intolerance. The UC Council of Student Body Presidents, Student Regent Avi Oved and Student […]