Timeline: Trump’s escalating standoff with Harvard University Move to block Harvard from enrolling foreign students latest action against university in months-long pressure campaign. Al Jazeera · May 22, 2025
University of Texas chancellor is named president of University of California The University of California has announced that James B The Independent UK · May 3, 2025
UT System chancellor leaves to lead University of California Former state Rep. John Zerwas will temporarily replace Chancellor JB Milliken in leading the 256,000-student university system. The Texas Tribune · May 2, 2025
Pro-Palestinian group sues UCLA over its handling of demonstrations A pro-Palestinian group has filed a lawsuit against the University of California, Los Angeles over its handling of last year’s demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war The Independent UK · Mar 21, 2025
Diversity Statements Coming to an End at the University of California Is the experiment over? Reason · Mar 20, 2025
Harvard hits pause on hiring after Trump slashes funding at fellow Ivy League school Columbia The Trump administration pulled $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University last week over its demonstrations in defense of Gaza The Independent UK · Mar 10, 2025
University of California rejects claim it was sued for racial discrimination School system says it has not been served with a filing and will ‘vigorously defend’ its admissions practices The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2025
Lawsuit accuses University of California of racial discrimination in admissions A lawsuit accuses the University of California of racial discrimination in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Latino students over Asian American and white applicants The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2025
University of California Workers Say They Are Being Squeezed As Contract Talks Stall The UC system says it is offering healthy raises for nearly 40,000 staffers, but workers say the system is playing a shell game by also raising their health care premiums. Capital & Main · Nov 25, 2024
Part VIII: Equal Protection of the Law—Discrimination on the Basis of Race An Introduction To Constitutional Law Video Library: Brown v. Board of Education (1954), Bolling v. Sharpe (1954), Grutter v. Bollinger (2003) v. Bollinger (2003) v. Aaron (1958), Loving v. Virginia (1967), Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978), Gratz v. Bollinger (2003), Fisher v. University of Texas at… Reason · Nov 12, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted GPT-4 "kind of sucks," and now we learn the AI model consumes up to 3 water bottles to generate a mere 100 words According to new research by the University of California, OpenAI's GPT-4 AI model consumes up to 3 water bottles to generate 100 words. Windows Central · Sep 20, 2024
Board approves more non-lethal weapons for UCLA police after Israel-Hamas war protests The University of California board of regents has approved UCLA police’s request for additional non-lethal weapons The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2024
University of California regents ban political statements on university online homepages The University of California Board of Regents are banning employees from posting political statements on the homepages of university websites, saying such comments could be interpreted as the university’s official view The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2024
Judge orders temporary halt to UC academic workers' strike over war in Gaza A state judge has ordered academic workers at the University of California to temporarily halt their weekslong strike over the war in Gaza The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2024
Capital & Main · Jun 6, 2024 UC Student Assistants, Striking Over Response to Gaza Protests, Say It Is Time to Negotiate The union says that following a string of wins by campus unions nationwide, the university may fear losing at the table in the current fight over use of police and sanctions to quell protests.
The Guardian - US · May 20, 2024 Academic workers at UC Santa Cruz strike over crackdown on Gaza protests Union says response of University of California to pro-Palestine demonstrations violates rights of advocates and workers
The Guardian - US · May 2, 2024 Union plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California Gaza protests UAW Local 4811, largest union of academic workers, also says it will file unfair labor charges over university use of LAPD on protesters
The Hindu · Apr 19, 2024 Mykolas Alekna: the history-making son chasing an all-timer dad 21-year-old Mykolas Alekna, son of Olympic champion Virgilijus, breaks discus world record, aiming for Paris Olympics medal.
Wallpaper · Jan 29, 2024 Kresge College by Studio Gang features flowing curves and a connection with nature Studio Gang has unveiled the flowing curves of its Kresge College expansion plans at the University of California in Santa Cruz
PC Gamer · Jan 15, 2024 All hail RT-X: The global project aimed at creating an AI mega brain for all robotkind No, not that RTX, silly. That's for pretty pictures on your monitor.
International Business Times · Jan 9, 2024 Between China And The US, Trade Takes A Different Route Are the US and Chinese economies on the verge of decoupling? On the face of it, there can be no doubt the divergence of the US and Chinese economies is underway; in absolute terms, Chinese imports have not fallen particularly sharply, but regarding market share the decline is significant.
PC Gamer · Dec 18, 2023 Intel could be heading towards an AI-powered frame generation future, thanks to a research group's work, dubbed ExtraSS Wonder what it would be called, though: XeExSS? Umm, maybe not.
Fortune · Dec 4, 2023 Andreessen Horowitz is adding major California pension funds to its LP base for the first time, records show A16z has raised $400 million from CalPERS for a new fund, and it is seeking at least one investment from CalSTRS.
Woman & Home · Nov 21, 2023 This is the red wine to avoid if you don't want a headache, according to scientists There may be cause for celebration for those who suffer from red wine headaches, as scientists may have figured out how to avoid them!
The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2023 California governor signs laws compelling universities to report return of Native American remains Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed two laws to require the California State University system and urge the University of California system to update the state on their progress to return Native American remains to tribes