University Of California

The pandemic situation at UC campuses, and its attendant precautions, is likely to persist until at least fall 2021, a UC health expert says.

Context is king in how foes and backers of affirmative action use statistics, and race would still not play as large a part in the admissions process as some fear.

President Donald Trump will visit California today for a wildfire briefing with Gov. Gavin Newsom and other officials, just a few days after Newsom declared “a climate damn emergency” and slammed the federal government for its rollback of certain environmental protections. The visit marks the latest iteration of Newsom and Trump’s back-and-forth on wildfires. Last […]

Con pautas de salud pública que a veces son contradictorias, provenientes de los CDC y de las fuentes estatales y locales, los colegios y las universidades han tomado diferentes decisiones acerca de cuántas pruebas de coronavirus se deberían hacer, y cuándo. Los recursos son un factor, según los expertos.

With sometimes competing public health guidelines coming from the CDC and state and local sources, colleges and universities have made different decisions about how much coronavirus testing should be done, and when. Resources are a factor, according to experts.

The University of California is laying off hundreds of workers in the midst of a pandemic, pushing employees onto the unemployment system.

This spring, as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted campus life for college students across California, UC San Diego sophomore Kayla Monnette had trouble sleeping at night.  The stress of moving to online classes, figuring out how to safely buy food during quarantine, and worrying about the well-being of her immunocompromised family manifested in what Monnette described […]

La derogación de la prohibición de la acción afirmativa facilitará que los colegios y universidades públicas se dirijan a grupos insuficientemente representados para ocupar puestos de profesorado.

Good morning, California. It’s Monday, August 10. Second top resignation in two months The director of California’s public health department resigned late Sunday night, less than a week after state officials reported a tech glitch that resulted in an undercount of coronavirus cases and confusion about the scope of infections as the state’s death toll […]

Congress should approve federal funds needed for universities to continue to play a leading role in combating today’s public health emergency.