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 […]
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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 task force releases proposal on employee retirement benefit options
Future University of California employees could be able to choose from two retirement benefit options, according to a proposal released Friday by a UC task force. UC President Janet Napolitano appointed a UC-wide task force of faculty, staff and administrators last year to determine a new set of retirement benefits. According to the proposal, UC […]
Resilience Peer Network to supplement student mental health services
Beginning this spring, students will be able to receive individual and group counseling from other undergraduate and graduate students who have completed nine weeks of training. The program, called the Resilience Peer Network, will provide peer-to-peer counseling outside of a clinical setting, said Marvin Chen, undergraduate student government student wellness commissioner. UCLA psychologists will train […]
Student robbery reported on Landfair Avenue
University police are looking for people who struck a UCLA student from behind and stole his money and credit card early Saturday in the North Village. The student told police he was walking on Landfair Avenue about 4 a.m. on Saturday when he was hit from behind and fell to the ground, according to a […]
Lecturers’ union circulates petition to bargain for fair contract from UC
The University of California lecturers’ union is circulating a petition asking UC President Janet Napolitano to negotiate with what they call fair proposals, after working without a contract for more than a month. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers, or UC-AFT, represents all lecturers and librarians on UC campuses. There were approximately 1,200 lecturers at […]