A UC Riverside graduate student was nominated Tuesday for the 2015-2016 student regent-designate position on the University of California Board of Regents, the University’s governing body. Marcela Ramirez, a graduate student in higher education administration and policy, serves as the graduate student representative on the UC Office of the President Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender […]
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UC Board of Regents committee reviews investment performance
The University of California’s investment portfolios yielded a 7.1 percent net positive return for the period ending in March, according to a report presented at a regents committee meeting. The UC Board of Regents Committee on Investments held a teleconference with the Investment Advisory Group Wednesday to review the financial performance of the UC’s $99.5 […]
UC to discuss adopting State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism
University of California President Janet Napolitano said Thursday that the UC should adopt the U.S. Department of State’s definition of anti-Semitism, which includes denying Israel’s right to exist. Napolitano, who said she supports the definition in an interview, added that the regents must vote to adopt the definition before it becomes UC policy. Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, […]
State budget’s pension deal met with concerns from UC faculty
While many have praised the governor’s state budget plan, which was endorsed by the University of California Board of Regents Committee on Finance on Thursday, some UC faculty members expressed concern that the deal’s pension plan will reduce the quality of faculty at the UC. According to the new pension plan negotiated between UC President […]
UC Regents endorse state budget plan keeping in-state tuition flat
SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents Committee on Finance voted unanimously Thursday to endorse the state funding framework agreed upon by Gov. Jerry Brown and UC President Janet Napolitano that would freeze in-state tuition for two years, despite several objections. The plan, announced as a part of the governor’s May budget […]
UC Board of Regents to discuss Gov. Brown’s budget revision
The University of California Board of Regents will meet at the UC San Francisco campus this week to decide whether to follow Gov. Jerry Brown’s May budget revision and the long-term UC funding plan, among other issues. Brown’s updated budget proposal released Thursday calls for a two-year tuition freeze for resident undergraduate students, followed by […]
UCLA researchers concerned about potential federal funding decreases
Federal grants for UCLA research in social sciences and energy are expected to decrease following the reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act, which the House of Representatives Committee on Rules discussed Monday in a hearing. In the past five years, about 60 percent of funding for UCLA research has come from federal grants. In 2014, […]