UC Regents recap – Jan. 21

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California Board of Regents concluded its second day of meetings Thursday, where the board approved several appointments and heard about the University’s progress towards carbon neutrality by 2025 and the UC’s collaborative efforts with the European Organization for Nuclear Research, among other topics. The Committee on Governance approved the […]

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 […]