Press releases and statements

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Smartphone notification pilot expands at UC locations to help limit spread of COVID-19 using privacy-first technology

A program to test a smartphone-based COVID-19 exposure notification system will expand to an additional five University of California campus locations as a result of accomplishments from an initial deployment earlier this fall at two UC campuses. The program…

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

UC to continue to champion diverse student body despite rejection of Proposition 16

The University of California is disappointed that Proposition 16, the state ballot measure and constitutional amendment that would have repealed Proposition 209, did not pass in this election. Proposition 16 would have helped reverse the detrimental and far-…

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

President Drake named chair of UC free speech center

University of California President Michael V. Drake, M.D., has been appointed chair of UC’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Investments in new California projects move UC nearly halfway to its clean energy goals

The University of California has taken a major step toward meeting its 2025 carbon neutrality goals with two innovative clean energy projects in California: the construction of a new biogas plant and a utility-scale solar array, a collection of multiple solar…

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