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Healthcare Scheme Steals Nearly $12 Million From UC System, Student Personal Information

April 23, 2017 by

The UCOP announced Thursday that the university has uncovered a fraudulent scheme that has stolen almost $12 million through the student health plan.
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UCs See Drop in International Applicants

April 6, 2017 by

UC Santa Barbara saw a 10 percent increase in international undergraduate applicants for the 2016-17 admissions cycle, while two fellow UC campuses saw the first decreases in more than a decade.
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Fossil Fuel Activists Call UC Disinvestment ‘Just a Drop in the Bucket’

March 31, 2017 by

The UC Regents investments office announced earlier in March that it has removed approximately $150 million of its investments in fossil fuel companies since 2014, but student activists say they will ...
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A Closer Look at Title IX Policy Changes

March 9, 2017 by

Since Title IX passed into law in 1972, the University of California has made critical changes to the policy that have affected the way its campuses respond to sexual misconduct and handle such invest...
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Documents Obtained by ‘Daily Californian’ Reveal 113 Cases of Sexual Misconduct Across UC

March 1, 2017 by

Approximately one-third of the faculty, staff and coaches named in the documents still work for the UC, according to Daily Cal.
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Regents Address Tuition

January 26, 2017 by

The UC Board of Regents met in San Francisco Wednesday to discuss a proposal to raise tuition for the first time since 2011.
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Salvaty To Be Title IX Coordinator

January 19, 2017 by

Kathleen Salvaty will be appointed the new system-wide Title IX coordinator for the University of California, the UC Office of the President announced last Thursday.
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Brown: More Funding, Less Aid in the UCs

January 12, 2017 by

Gov. Jerry Brown proposed higher funding for the University of California in his budget proposal released Tuesday, allocating $146.7 million more to the UC system.
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Student Protesters Force Regents to Table Tuition Hike

November 18, 2016 by

Approximately 150 students from several UC campuses gathered outside the UC Regents meeting Thursday in protest of a proposed tuition hike, forcing the Regents to table its approval until January.
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Walkout To Defy Possible UC Tuition Hikes

November 18, 2016 by

Student activists plan to simultaneously leave their classes Monday in protest of a proposed tuition increase for all University of California students.
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Statute of Limitations To end for Rape-Related Cases, New Law Says

October 6, 2016 by

Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Sept. 28 a bill that eliminates the statute of limitations for rape and related offenses.
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UCSB Students Join Protests Against Dakota Access Pipeline

September 13, 2016 by

Several University of California students drove over 1,000 miles this week to spend the last days of summer break in North Dakota — but their road trip had little to do with vacation.
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UC Allocates $3.3 Million to Increase Student Access to Food

July 14, 2016 by

Juli Nguyen, who will begin her fourth year in the fall, has struggled with food insecurity since her first year at UC Santa Barbara.
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UCSB Police Assist UCLA after Shooting, Boost Presence at Home

June 5, 2016 by

Less than 24 hours after the shooting at UCLA, six members of the UCSB Police Department arrived in Los Angeles to aid local officers.
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UC DREAM Loan Support Program Receives Extension

May 12, 2016 by

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Wednesday a three-year extension to the UC’s support program for undocumented students.
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