Kathleen Salvaty

One year after her appointment as UC’s first systemwide Title IX coordinator, Kathleen Salvaty is leading the effort to ensure that UC campuses maintain consistent handling of sexual misconduct cases and continue sexual violence and sexual harassment prevention efforts.

UCSF fired its Title IX director, Cristina Perez-Abelson, for "serious misconduct" earlier this year, after whistleblower complaints and an investigation.

The board will have undergraduate and graduate representatives from each UC campus and will be able to provide direct feedback on helping shape UC policies.

The University of California is forming a Title IX student advisory board to provide direct feedback and advice to the UC Title IX office regarding the university’s response to sexual violence and sexual harassment.

U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos issued new interim guidelines for Title IX policies on college campuses Friday, rescinding former president Barack Obama's administration guidelines for how college campuses handle sexual violence cases.

United States Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced her intent Thursday to review guidelines under Title IX dealing with sexual assault in schools and universities, stating that current guidelines deny due process to students accused of sexual misconduct.

In recent years, the campus has garnered attention for several high-profile sexual harassment cases — including alleged violations of UC sexual misconduct policy by former campus astronomy professor Geoffrey Marcy and former UC Berkeley School of Law dean Sujit Choudhry.

The UC Office of the President announced new systemwide procedures for responding to alleged sexual misconduct by faculty and staff Thursday. The procedures must be implemented at all UC campuses by September 1 of this year.

After Sofie Karasek filed a sexual assault complaint with the UC Berkeley Title IX office in 2012, she didn’t hear back for eight months.

As many of the 113 investigations detailed in UC documents released Tuesday unfolded, the University Office of the President pushed for systemwide changes to UC sexual misconduct policy.