Tag: UC
Editorial: Letter to Chancellor Kim Wilcox
Dear Chancellor Wilcox,
The University of California, Riverside welcomes you to your new position as chancellor, keenly awaiting the positive transformations you promise to bring...
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano appointed as the next UC...
Former governor of Arizona and Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was officially appointed as the 20th president of the University...
Editorial: UC’s smoking ban protects students
The state of California is well known for working to ensure the public health of its citizens. Before the United States passed the Clean...
UC health care protests on the rise
Organized by the Union Auto Workers’ Association 2865, the UC student workers’ union, systemwide demonstrations have called for the removal of lifetime caps from...
White House allows more research access to the public
Announced on Feb. 22, the White House will enact an open access policy which requires all taxpayer-funded research to be made freely available for...
Sequestration cuts could affect UC research funds
Automatic national budget cuts are set to take effect March 1 and will last until September. The cuts — which will reportedly slash $177...
UC SHIP deficit threatens to increase student premiums
The UC Student Health Insurance Plan (UC SHIP) is expected to accrue a deficit of $57.4 million by the end of the 2013-2014 fiscal...
Editorial: The perils of online courses and how to avoid them
As Governor Jerry Brown unveiled his new budget for the state of California, which miraculously contains an $851 million surplus, University of California students...
Proposed state budget increases UC funding
Gov. Brown’s initial budget provides a modest consideration of higher education, but future tuition increases still loom.
Governor Jerry Brown released his proposed state budget...
Achieve UC program has a promising start at Perris HS
On Oct. 18, UCR Vice Chancellor James Sandoval visited Perris High School in Perris to kickoff “Achieve UC,” a systemwide initiative that informs teenagers...