UC News

September 1, 2026

A summer in UC student news

By Wynne Bendell

UCB suspends international student work authorization program, ‘Defending Education’ files lawsuit against the UC, and more.

May 28, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Wynne Bendell

UAW 4811 adds 12,000 new members, UC Berkeley Law adopts policy restricting student AI usage and AFSCME ratifies new contract after years of contract negotiations

May 22, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Wynne Bendell

NSF suspended 18 UC Berkeley research grants, four UC alumni awarded with 2026 Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism and Former UCSD student files lawsuit against UC Regents over arrest at Gaza Solidarity Encampment.

May 14, 2026

A week in UC students news

By Wynne Bendell

AFSCME 3299 files ballot initiative, UC Health proposes $36.7 million budget to regents and UCSF receives $100 million for capital needs, health innovations

May 8, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Wynne Bendell

A UC Berkeley professor has been accused of sexual assault, UC Merced receives first AHA career award and the UC lobbies to fully fund the university.

April 30, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

Two people are found dead near UC Berkeley, UC Merced is found to be sharing license plate data and a Senate committee passes a research funding bill.  

April 23, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

AFSCME announces an open-ended strike, a UC Davis student dies following a bike collision and historical Native American remains are found near UCB.

April 16, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

Governor Newsom appoints four new regents and reappoints two, UC revises AFSCME contract and Department of Justice investigates UCSD School of Medicine.

April 9, 2026

A month in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

UC continues plan to extend online language courses, UC and UAW reach contract agreement and UCLA removes César E. Chávez from department name.

March 4, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

UC Regents sell $2 billion in bonds amid uncertainties with federal funding, UC proposes new AFSCME contract offer and UCB Multicultural Center reopens.

February 26, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

Trump administration sues UC over alleged antisemitism against employees and all UC campuses agree to send alerts for campus immigration enforcement activity.

February 19, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

The DOJ drops appeal of court order blocking UCLA settlement, UC obtains more patents than any other university last year and missing UCB student is found dead.

February 12, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

UCLA professor named in Epstein files, federal investigations into UC Berkeley continue, and donated UCSD cadavers were used for IDF medical training.

February 4, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

UCB is designated as a Black-Serving Institution, union members disrupt forum, and the DOJ aims to join lawsuit against UCLA medical school.

January 28, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

UCPD arrests man at UCLA after alleged anti-Muslim threat, UC Berkeley professor carries Olympic torch alongside service dog and UCSC researchers look into AI.

January 21, 2026

A week in UC student news

By Michelle Cisneros

UC workers’ unions announce strike vote, UCSD researchers aim to reduce liver transplant shortage and a deceased person was found near UC Berkeley housing.