Academic Senate University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607-5200 Please send website comments or questions to mbertero@ucop.edu		Previous Issues, 1999-2000 November 2000 (pdf) A Complicated Money Trail: Indirect Costs and the Funding of University Research UCLA Engineer Is New Vice Chair of the Statewide Senate The University's Labor Contract with Its Teaching Assistants: A Q&A for UC Faculty Johnson Award Goes to Senate Activst Fred Spiess of UCSD Notes from the Chair: Undergraduates in the Equation April 2000 (pdf) With Wave of Faculty Hiring, UC Stands to Remake Itself During the Next 12 Years What Matters to Young Faculty? After Years of Debate, UC Adopts a Policy on Termination of Incompetent Faculty Senate Submits Proposal Calling for Further Extension of Domestic Partner Benefits Senate Colleagues Mourn Passing of Former Senate Chair Arnold L. Leiman News in Brief: Three New Research Centers, Personnel Review at UC Davis Notes from the Chair: Hiring the 21st-Century Faculty December 1999 (pdf) UC in the Nation's Capital: Under One Director and, Soon, Under One Roof A Year into a Major Reorganization, the UC Irvine Senate Considers the Results Notice,Returning with This Issue, Will Be Joined by Other Senate Publications Task Force Granted Authority over UCM Courses and Curricula A New Center in London News in Brief: Child Care Proposal, Senate Award Nominations, Education Abroad Positions Notes from the Chair: Faculty & Staff