Lecturers’ union, UC reach agreement regarding new employee contract

The University of California and its lecturers’ union reached a formal agreement Friday to increase lecturers’ salary by about 6 percent over the next six months, among other changes, concluding contract negotiations between the two parties after seven months. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, which represents all librarians and non-Academic Senate faculty on UC […]

UC cybersecurity issue met with mixed responses from faculty

Several University of California professors expressed varied viewpoints about the lack of transparency surrounding the data monitoring hardware the UC Office of the President installed across UC campuses last summer. Some professors protested the installation of the hardware, which UCOP implemented without the knowledge of most University professors. According to Ethan Ligon, an associate professor […]

Napolitano discusses cybersecurity, budget deal at LAWAC lecture

University of California President Janet Napolitano, in her speech Wednesday, defended the University’s decision to install hardware on its data networks, saying it was an attempt to secure networks after the security breach at UCLA Health in 2015. About 200 people, including UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, attended the event where Napolitano spoke about issues such […]

Computer hardware installed by UCOP found to monitor UC campus networks

The University of California Office of the President has installed computer hardware capable of monitoring email transactions among computers across the University of California system. According to a letter by Ethan Ligon, an associate professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Berkeley, the hardware is designed to monitor and possibly record all network traffic, […]

Q&A: Vice Chancellor Jerry Kang discusses bureaucracy, discrimination

Jerry Kang, UCLA’s first vice chancellor of equity, diversity and inclusion, is in charge of investigating cases of discrimination on campus. UCLA created the position last year in response to the Moreno Report, a 2013 report headed by California Supreme Court Justice Carlos Moreno who alleged UCLA’s procedures for investigating cases of discrimination were inadequate. […]

UCLA Academic Senate, faculty rally to discuss new pension plan

UCLA faculty members expressed their opinions and concerns about the new University of California-wide pension plan at a town hall meeting Thursday. Susan Cochran, vice chair of the UCLA Academic Senate, said the senate held the meeting to better understand faculty opinions before making recommendations to the systemwide senate. The University will receive a one-time […]