Friday, May 16

UC alters sexual misconduct response procedure, to affect all campuses

University of California campuses will now expedite the investigation process for faculty and staff accused of sexual misconduct. On June 29, the UC Office of the President announced changes to streamline the UC’s sexual misconduct response procedures. Read more...

Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano said she thinks the newly implemented Title IX procedures will improve the handling of sexual misconduct cases. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC increases minority-group admits, UCLA acceptance rate falls to 16.1

This post was updated July 7 at 10:21 p.m. The University of California admitted more students from underrepresented minority groups and low-income families this year but admitted less in-state students than last year. Read more...

Photo: UCLA admitted 16,500 freshmen and 5,500 transfer students this year, with the freshman admission rate falling to 16.1 percent from 18 percent. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Two UCLA students nominated as Board of Regents representatives

The University of California’s governing board appointed two UCLA students to serve as representatives on the board. A Board of Regents special committee nominated Devon Graves, an graduate student, as the student regent-designate and Rafi Sands, an undergraduate student, as the first-ever student adviser. Read more...

Photo: The University of California’s governing board will finalize its nominations in its July meeting at UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Gov. Jerry Brown signs state budget that increases funds for UC

Gov. Jerry Brown signed a $125 billion state budget Tuesday for the 2017-2018 fiscal year that slightly raises state funds for the University of California, but links some funding to certain conditions. Read more...

Photo: Gov. Jerry Brown signed a state budget Tuesday that will increase state funds for the University of California. (Daily Bruin file photo)


UC community expresses dissatisfaction with new regent nominees

Several student leaders and professors said they were concerned that the governor did not follow proper procedure when nominating new regents last month, and felt the nominees were out of touch with California’s diversity. Read more...

Photo: Some students and faculty members worry that University of California Regents are out of touch with students. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Gov. Jerry Brown appoints four new UC Regents

Gov. Jerry Brown appointed four new regents to the governing board of the University of California on Friday. The four new appointees to the UC Board of Regents are Maria Anguiano of Riverside, Howard “Peter” Guber of Los Angeles, Lark Park of Sacramento and Ellen Tauscher of San Francisco. Read more...

Photo: (Daily Bruin file photo)


Amendment proposed to give control of UCOP budget to state legislature

The University of California Office of the President could lose its financial autonomy if a state constitutional amendment proposed Tuesday becomes law. State Sen. Edward Hernandez introduced Senate Constitutional Amendment 14, which would allow the California State Legislature to allocate UCOP’s budget. Read more...

Photo: A state senator proposed a constitutional amendment that would restructure the University of California Board of Regents and limit the fiscal autonomy of the UC Office of the President. Some lawmakers have criticized UC President Janet Napolitano after an audit found UCOP did not disclose $175 million in reserve funds. (Jintak Han/Assistant Photo editor)



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