UC Irvine

The UC Board of Regents reconvened Thursday to discuss undergraduate and graduate students and an overview of long-term goals for the university. 

According to one of the study’s contributors, U.S. citizens are more predisposed to take paid leave more frequently than non-citizens across all races except white. 

As of March 2023, UC Berkeley has joined the university’s open access agreement with Wiley Publishing.

The UC Transfer Admission Guarantee program, or TAG, guarantees California community college students entry into participating university schools if they satisfy all admission requirements. Currently, the Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara campuses participate in the program.

The university now requires students to take 18 units of the 180 units required to graduate in person to get their degree, according to Melanie Cocco, chair of the University Committee on Educational Policy.

UC postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers represented by the United Auto Workers, or UAW, 5810 bargaining teams voted to ratify contracts with the university, following temporary agreements made Nov. 28. Contract ratification passed with votes in favor totaling 89.4% by postdocs and 79.5% by academic researchers. 

The Bears bested the Gauchos 11-6, marking their second win against UC Santa Barbara this year.

Researchers at UC Berkeley, Irvine and San Francisco have been awarded $4.7 million over five years to evaluate a project that supports the mental health needs of Latino patients with limited English proficiency.

The Bears suffered their first defeat of the season to Stanford but rebounded to stave off USC to earn a third place finish.

The UC system announced the launch of the UC Dual Admission pilot program Sept. 16, introducing a new transfer pathway for California high school students beginning next spring.