UC-wide survey raises concerns about employee retention

About 20 percent of the University of California employees who responded to a March survey said they seriously considered leaving the UC system after this academic year. Rejeana Mathis, chair-elect for the Council of UC Staff Assemblies, discussed this statistic and other issues in an employee engagement survey presentation Friday. The UCLA Staff Assembly hosted […]

Conference discusses advances in California climate change solutions

UCLA faculty, California politicians and business executives are developing new technological tools that support California’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as announced at a conference held at the UCLA School of Law Friday. The conference, hosted by Sen. Fran Pavley and Assemblyman Richard Bloom, addressed the record four-year drought, housing and transportation issues and […]

Court denies UC request to dismiss claims in Title IX lawsuit

A state court ruled Nov. 4 UCLA is required to respond to Title IX complaints even if harassment stops after the report is filed, in response to a pending Title IX case two UCLA students filed in June. Nefertiti Takla and Kristen Glasgow, both doctoral candidates in history, filed a lawsuit against the University of […]

Napolitano proposes plan to increase UC’s resident enrollment

The University of California is seeking to increase its in-state undergraduate enrollment by 10,000 over the next three years, according to a plan outlined by UC President Janet Napolitano. Napolitano’s budget proposal will increase resident enrollment by 5,000 students for the 2016-2017 academic year, before completing the full 10,000 increase in the 2018 academic year, […]

UC to present recommendations at UN climate change conference

University of California researchers will present a report recommending officials to regulate carbon emissions and reduce short-lived pollutant concentrations at a United Nations conference on climate change later this month. Fifty UC researchers contributed to a report, announced Oct. 27 at the UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit, that made 10 recommendations for achieving carbon […]