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The UC Regents Investments Committee met virtually Wednesday to discuss UC investments, diversity and inclusion in UC workplaces and the future investment in real estate, among other topics.

The editorial opposing the Thirty Meter Telescope project misinforms readers and marginalizes the voices of Hawaiians and Hawai’i residents who support this telescope.

While the UC system is only one proponent of the project, revoking its support would be a resounding statement of principle and demonstration of solidarity.

To kick off this week’s virtual meetings, the UC Board of Regents approved a pension asset allocation proposal and discussed how to support basic needs on campuses and create sustainable and diverse investment partnerships Tuesday.

The UC Board of Regents will meet Tuesday through Thursday to vote on several budget measures and to discuss topics related to current events, including financial aid, the Maunakea telescope, UCPD’s role in community safety and staff diversity.

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.

This year, student organizers have begun to call out university relationships that run counter to campus values — and they are persisting through the pandemic.

Student advocates visited the UC Office of the President in Oakland on March 2 to demand the UC system to divest from the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Maunakea and direct funds toward a cost-of-living adjustment for graduate student employees.

About 80 protesters gathered at a UC Board of Regents meeting Thursday to demand that the UC system divests from the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, project on Mauna Kea — a mountain that is sacred to Native Hawaiians.

There are many strong opinions about the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, project on Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island, and it is important that everyone know the facts. Unfortunately, an April 2 op-ed by members of UC Berkeley’s Indigenous Americas Working Group calling for the UC system to stop funding construction of the TMT contained inaccurate information that needs a response.