Mauna Kea

ASUC senators passed resolutions and appointed officers during the weekly senate meeting Wednesday.

UC Berkeley political geography doctoral student and Fulbright scholar William Carter was one of two university students recognized with the inaugural Regents Foster Youth Award at a UC Board of Regents meeting Thursday.

The UC system’s patent tracking system will be entirely replaced with a new intellectual property management system within the next five years.

Researchers and faculty from UC Berkeley and Stanford have identified a neutron star with the largest mass to date named PSR J0952-0607. The star has been deemed a “black widow" pulsar as it consumes gas from nearby companion stars.

The Coalition for a Truly Public UC gathered in downtown Oakland at 8 a.m. Wednesday to protest the UC Board of Regents, including their recent vote on campus’s plans to redevelop People’s Park and 1921 Walnut St.

The UC Board of Regents met virtually Thursday to hear public comment, review a report on the value of UC degrees and discuss COVID-19 case numbers in the UC health care system.

The UC Board of Regents discussed plans for diverse hiring and the future of the Maunakea telescope during its Thursday meeting.

The UC Board of Regents unanimously approved Dr. Michael Drake’s appointment as the next president of the UC system in a virtual meeting Tuesday.

The UC system has invested more than $68 million into the Thirty Meter Telescope project as of April 30, according to a financial report from the UC Office of the President.

During its virtual meeting Wednesday, the UC Board of Regents discussed the financial impacts of COVID-19, passed a budget resolution adjusting to a $1.2 billion deficit and approved guidelines for reopening campuses, which will likely operate in a “hybrid mode" during the upcoming fall semester.