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.

Eight rankings from this year confirm UC's excellence by any metric.

The University of California announced today (Oct. 4) that it has received a seven-year grant to continue administering a federally funded academic preparation program that improves educational outcomes for low-income students in under-resourced California middle schools. 

“It is incumbent upon us to use our expertise and skills as lawyers to take meaningful action,” the UC president remarks at the system's first Public Service Law Conference.

UC's systemwide policies and procedures remain in full effect despite changes in Title IX guidance at the federal level.

Regarding the decision by the Department of Education to rescind the 2011 Dear Colleague letter and the 2014 Q&A on Sexual Violence, and issue a new Q&A on Campus Sexual Misconduct.

A forum co-hosted by UC and Tecnológico de Monterrey explores the importance of the trade policy to California.