Become a UC AdvocateRecent Press Releases
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The Children’s Hospitals of University of California Health ranked in the nation’s top 50 in multiple specialties
University of California HealthJune 16, 2021
The children’s hospitals of University of California Health were recognized for excellence in multiple areas of subspecialty care by U.S. News & World Report in its 2021–22 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings.
UC statement on 2021 California budget
June 11, 2021
University of California Board of Regents Chair John A. Pérez and UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., today (June 15) issued the following statement regarding California’s 2021 budget:
UC statement on Gov. Newsom’s 2021-22 revised budget
May 14, 2021
The University of California is deeply grateful to Gov. Newsom for proposing the largest state investment in UC’s history: more than $807 million, which includes more than $506 million in ongoing funding for core campus operations, student needs and medical training. The budget, with the support of legislative leadership, reflects an earlier agreement to fully restore more than $300 million in budget reductions that were enacted in the 2020 state budget.
Key Coverage
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University of California offers Perkins Loan borrowers relief. Will other colleges follow?
The Washington Post
April 20, 2020
The public university system is mirroring the federal government's suspension of interest and payments, granting relief to tens of thousands of borrowers.
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Federal research is the key to solving the COVID-19 crisis
Inside Higher Ed
April 7, 2020
Now is the time to invest even more in it, write UC President Janet Napolitano and UC Health Executive Vice President Dr. Carrie L. Byington in a new op-ed.
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We sued the Trump administration to save DACA and protect students: Napolitano and Pérez
USA Today
November 12, 2019
DACA has been a huge benefit to students, communities and America, and fits with our legacy of protecting the vulnerable. The case to end it is flimsy, UC leaders write.
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UC defends its best and brightest: its DACA students
San Francisco Chronicle
November 9, 2019
DACA students are more likely to attend college, earn a degree, be employed and serve in the military, writes UC Board of Regents Chair John A. Pérez.
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