Regents

UC Calendar To Accommodate Jewish Holidays

Next school year, UCSB and every other UC campus will begin classes on Oct. 2, rather than in September, and winter break will be just two weeks long, with the changes being made to avoid conflict bet...
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Regents Deliberate on Salaries, Transfer Support, Academic Calendar, Other Topics

At yesterday’s meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center, the University of California Board of Regents discussed the issue of sexual assault against women on UC campuses, salari...
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Regents Meeting Reaches Into Plethora of Topics: Master Plan, Thirty-Meter Telescope Discussed

During yesterday’s meeting at the UC San Francisco Mission Bay Conference Center, the University of California Regents discussed the expected federal and state budgets for the UC next year, Chancell...
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Santa Barbara Leads the Way in UC Water Sustainability

UC President Janet Napolitano announced the prospective goal of reducing the UC system’s water usage by 20 percent on Thursday, with plans of reaching this reduction goal by the year 2020.
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Brown’s Proposal To Increase School Funding

California Governor Jerry Brown announced his proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year on Thursday, with the proposal including an additional $142.2 million to the University of California.
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UC President Opposes ASA Israeli Boycott

UC President Janet Napolitano recently issued a statement rejecting the American Studies Association’s call for an academic boycott of Israel.
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UC President To Represent U.S. at 2014 Olympic Winter Games

The United States will not be sending top officials such as President Barack Obama or Vice President Joe Biden to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, but instead will send UC President and former Se...
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Napolitano Selects Former Associate as New Chief of Staff

UC President Janet Napolitano has appointed Seth Grossman, former Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), to be her Chief of Staff — a decision that has sparked concern ...
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Protesters Express Outrage Over Napolitano’s Exclusive Meeting with UCSB ‘Student Leaders’

Chanting mantras like “Undocumented, Unafraid!” and “Hey hey, ho ho, Napolitano’s got to go!”, UCSB students rallied in opposition to the appointment of UC President Janet Napolitano, who wi...
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Speakers Address Rights, Tuition During Public Comment Period

Yesterday’s University of California Board of Regents meeting began with a Public Comment session featuring students and workers addressing the rights of union workers and undocumented students, as ...
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Regent Talks Address UC Plans, Issues

Along with protests against newly-elected UC president Janet Napolitano, the UC Board of Regents meeting that took place yesterday at the Conference Center in UC San Francisco Mission Bay featured dis...
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UC Regent George Kieffer Discusses Student Activism, UC Issues With the Nexus

The Daily Nexus sat down with fellow Gaucho, L.A. lawyer, and UC Regent George Kieffer to discuss his time at UCSB, where he advocated tenant rights in Isla Vista and played a unique role in campus-ba...
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UC Regent Addresses Administration Concerns

UC Regent and UCSB alum George Kieffer met with students Thursday to discuss hot button UC issues such as Board of Regents meeting locations, the student-Regent disconnect, online classes, cuts to sta...
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Questioning Napolitano’s Policies

New President Meets With Students in Sacramento to Discuss Needs and Interests of Undocumented Members of the UC Community.
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UC Regents Green Light Plans to Fix UC Mansion

The UC Board of Regents approved plans to renovate the university-owned Blake House, a 10-acre property in Kensington, CA, for repairs that could cost from $3.5 million to $6 million.
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