The significant boost includes more than $1.6 billion to the San Joaquin Valley.

The University of California is inviting students to apply for a seat on the inaugural student advisory board tasked with providing input on UC sexual harassment and sexual violence issues.

Fellows selected by the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement will lead the way on issues related to the First Amendment.

Starting today (Nov. 9), the University of California will accept applications from individuals interested in joining the inaugural group of fellows for its National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement in Washington, D.C. The fellowship program is the cornerstone of the university’s newly established center, which aims to explore the timely, critical issue of free speech on our nation’s college campuses and in society as a whole.

Campus leader visits DC to advocate on behalf of undocumented students.

In an effort to assist freshman and transfer applicants affected by the deadly wildfires that have scorched large stretches of California — as well as by the recent spate of other natural disasters — the University of California will extend its fall 2018 application deadline to December 15 for affected students who may need additional time to complete the application process.

The University of California will establish the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement in Washington, D.C., as part of a concerted educational, research and advocacy effort centered on the First Amendment’s critical importance to American democracy, UC President Janet Napolitano announced today (Oct. 26).

The university was one of only eight organizations nationwide to earn the distinction.

“Dreamers are, in every sense but one, as American as those whose relatives arrived on the Mayflower,” the UC president writes.

President Napolitano and the 10 chancellors press Calif. lawmakers to lead the way on bipartisan Dreamer legislation.

'If not you, then who?' UC head asks, encouraging students to pursue work benefitting the public good.

The campus kicks off a series of visits to show local students it's possible to achieve UC — if only they apply.