Press releases and statements

Monday, March 2, 2020

UC empowers youth vote with civic engagement campaign and access to polls systemwide

College-aged voters are poised to be a major force in America’s 2020 elections — if they show up. This election season, the University of California is engaging this powerful voting bloc and making it easier for them to vote.

Friday, February 21, 2020

UC President Napolitano’s statement on her invitation to meet with the Graduate and Professional Council

University of California President Janet Napolitano issued a statement today (Feb. 21) following her invitation to UC’s Graduate and Professional Council to meet and discuss graduate academic and professional students’ concerns.

Monday, February 3, 2020

UC Office of the President statement on Academic Council’s standardized testing report

The University of California Office of the President issued a statement today (Feb. 3) on the report by the UC Academic Council’s Standardized Testing Task Force (STTF).

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

UC, AFSCME reach tentative agreements on new four-year contracts for health care, service workers

The University of California today (Jan. 28) announced tentative four-year agreements with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) union representing UC’s approximately 16,000 patient care and 10,000 service workers.

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