UC News

January 11, 2021

UC System Plans for In-Person Instruction in Fall 2021

By Holly Rusch

The UC’s statement on Monday marks the first systemwide announcement of a return to in-person instruction. 

December 27, 2020

UC Implements New Policy on Gender Identity and Lived Names Recognition

By Mariam Bagdady

The guidelines provide “at least three gender options,” such as male, female and nonbinary, across all UC information systems.

December 13, 2020

UC Regents Approve 2021-22 Budget, Special Needs Report

By Holly Rusch

The UC Board of Regents Nov. 19 remote meeting focused on the impact of financial losses brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 7, 2020

UC Regents Discuss Alternative Approaches to Financial Aid

By Sean Crommelin

The primary focus of the Nov. 18 meeting was Option 7: The Road to the Debt-Free UC.

December 7, 2020

UC Regents Discuss Better Representation and Outreach to Indigenous UC Students

By Sindhu Ananthavel

The UC Board of Regents convened remotely on Nov. 18 to discuss a number of items relating to academics, including admissions and outreach to Indigenous students. 

December 2, 2020

Under Pressure from the Pandemic, UC Lecturers’ Union Pushes for New Contracts with Better Protections

By Jackson Guilfoil

The UC has lost at least $2 billion in revenue due to COVID-19. Many lecturers say the economic fallout has worsened fears among their ranks over potential cuts and job losses.

November 15, 2020

Prop 16 Failed to Pass. What’s Next for the UC System?

By Katherine Swartz, Holly Rusch

For student leaders on the “front lines” of campaigning, the decision came as a blow for those hoping to bring greater racial diversity to the UC system.

October 16, 2020

State Audit Finds UC Inappropriately Admitted 64 Students, Four at UCSB

By Aishvari Trivedi

Between 2013 and 2019, 64 applicants were admitted to the four campuses “based on their personal or family connections to donors and university staff."

September 2, 2020

UC Pledges To Eliminate Single-use Plastic By 2030 in New Systemwide Policy

By Alexandra Goldberg

The policy came as a collaborative achievement between the UC system and CALPIRG.

August 25, 2020

Amid Backlash and Uncertainty, UC Regents Hold Heated Discussion on Future of TMT

By Max Abrams

Until July’s meeting, those for and against the Thirty Meter Telescope have rarely sat at the same table. 

August 17, 2020

UC Santa Cruz Reinstates 41 Teaching Assistants Dismissed over COLA Strikes

By Katherine Swartz

Graduate students across the UC continue to advocate for a COLA, even as the pandemic brings challenges to in-person activism.

August 7, 2020

UC Announces Influenza Vaccine Requirement For All Students and Employees Come Fall

By Max Abrams

This is the first time the UC has required the flu vaccine.

July 14, 2020

International Students Allowed To Stay In U.S. Following I.C.E. Policy Reversal

By Max Abrams

Under the previous guidelines, international students enrolled in only online classes would have either had to leave the U.S. or transfer to a U.S. university offering in-person instruction.

July 8, 2020

UC To Sue Federal Government, Seeking To Prevent Deportation of International Students

By Max Abrams

Currently, there are over 41,000 graduate and undergraduate international students within the UC system.

July 7, 2020

Michael V. Drake Appointed as First Black UC President, Succeeding Janet Napolitano

By Katherine Swartz

Drake is the 21st UC President and the first Black president in UC history.

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.