UC News

July 7, 2020

Academic Council Recommends UC To Defund Police, Ban Police Firearms

By Sofía Mejías-Pascoe

The Academic Council centered the recommendations on statements they received from students and faculty across the UC System about anti-Black police violence.

July 6, 2020

Former UCSB Student Challenges Title IX Case Reopening

By Max Abrams

In July’s hearing, the judge will decide whether or not to grant Roe’s motion, which could reverse the superior court’s previous decision to vacate the Title IX findings.

June 19, 2020

Majority of Fall Quarter Classes To Be Held Remotely, Tuition and Student Fees Will Not Change

By Holly Rusch

Any student who wishes to continue learning entirely remotely will be given the option to do so.

June 16, 2020

UC Reaches Open-Access Publishing Deal With Springer Nature

By Max Abrams

The new deal comes just over a year after the UC walked away from its 20-year partnership with Elsevier over disagreements surrounding the UC’s push for open-access research articles.

June 15, 2020

UC Regents Endorse Repeal of Affirmative Action Ban

By Evelyn Spence

In order to appear on the California ballot in November, the amendment to repeal Proposition 209 must pass through the California State Senate with two-thirds approval. 

June 10, 2020

UC Academics Explore the Black Lives Matter Movement and Greater Themes During “The Fire This Time: Race at Boiling Point”

By Max Abrams

The webinar featured prominent speakers who discussed the greater themes surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement, police brutality and institutionalized racism.

June 5, 2020

Thirty Meter Telescope Has Received $68M From UC in Past Six Years

By Max Abrams

The financial report was obtained through a California Public Records Act from Mauna Kea Protectors at UC Berkeley and details the UC’s contributions to TMT from October 2014 to February 2020. 

May 26, 2020

UC Fully Divests from Fossil Fuels, Sells $1 Billion in Assets

By Nadia Abushanab

Going forward, the UC Investments team is committed to growing its investments in sustainable practices such as renewable energy, waste conversion, sustainable agriculture and technology.

May 26, 2020

Breaking: UCEAP Suspends All Fall 2020 Study Abroad Programs

By Max Abrams

Students will not be charged withdrawal or cancellation fees and will have the option to either transfer their applications to the spring or apply for the Fall 2021 term. 

May 22, 2020

UC Regents Committee Drafts Plans To Reduce UC Food and Housing Insecurity by 2022

By Holly Rusch

The UC has currently been allocated $260 million through the federal C.A.R.E.S. act, $130 million of which was allocated to campuses for the distribution of emergency grants for students.

May 22, 2020

Juan Sánchez Muñoz, UCSB Alumnus, Named UC Merced’s Fourth Chancellor

By Max Abrams

Early in his career, Muñoz worked as a secondary school teacher, a community college advisor and served as a Marine.

May 22, 2020

UC Suspends ACT and SAT in Admissions

By Katherine Swartz

If a new test has not been implemented by 2025, the testing requirement for California students will be eliminated altogether.

May 15, 2020

Gov. Newsom Proposes 10% Reduction in UC Funding To Direct Toward Coronavirus Relief

By Max Abrams

January’s budget proposal had originally included $18.1 billion in total for higher education. But on Thursday, that number shrank to $16.3 billion.

May 12, 2020

Newly Narrowed Title IX Regulations To Affect UCSB and the UC System

By Katherine Swartz

The regulations were approved by Secretary DeVos on May 6 and must be implemented at all educational institutions that receive federal funding by August 2020.

May 12, 2020

President Napolitano Recommends Suspension of SAT and ACT

By Katherine Swartz

The ACT and SAT would be optional for two years, with testing requirements eliminated completely for two years after that.

May 2, 2020

UC Davis Student Sues the UC Over Spring-Term Student Fees in Class-Action Lawsuit

By Max Abrams

Students who have paid “any fees” to the UC for this spring term are included in the lawsuit and will have their student fees reimbursed if the court sides with the plaintiff.