Recipients were selected for their Oakland-centric community service work, which amounted to hundreds of hours of volunteer efforts.
UC Office of the President |
UC Oakland Partnership Initiative awards scholarships to high school grads
Inside Higher Education |
Universities seek to offer online microcredentials
UCLA, UC Davis and UC Irvine join four other universities in the University Learning Store project, offering a shorter, more affordable learning platform than the traditional degree.
Sacramento Bee |
UC Davis seeks to turn little water into wine
In our fourth year of drought, the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology shows off its latest attempts to make sure student-produced wine remains both delicious and water conscious.
Pensions & Investments |
UC CIO calls for more socially responsible investing
Jagdeep Singh Bachher says such investing made investment sense and was necessary for the earth's sustainability.
UC Office of the President |
UC President to testify in Washington on combating campus sexual assault
President Janet Napolitano will testify before the U.S. Senate Committee about UC efforts to prevent and respond to sexual violence and sexual assault.
UC Office of the President |
University of California releases annual payroll report
The University of California has released its annual report on systemwide employee compensation for calendar year 2014.
UC Office of the President |
UC mandates training, additional measures to address sexual violence on campuses
Measures are designed to ensure consistent response systemwide.
UC Office of the President |
UC president announces $15/hour minimum wage
Wage increase will be phased in over three years; contracting policies also set to change.
UC Office of the President |
UC president names Glenda Humiston to head Agriculture and Natural Resources
Humiston has 25 years of experience working on agriculture, natural resources, sustainability, and economic development in rural communities.
UC Office of the President |
University of California streamlines paths for community college transfer students
The Transfer Pathways, created by UC faculty, outline a single set of courses that will prepare transfer students for a particular major at any of the university’s nine undergraduate campuses, and help students graduate from UC within two years after their transfer.
UC Office of the President |
UC admits more than 113,000 students for fall 2015
UC admitted 92,324 freshman students for fall 2015 and an additional 20,921 California Community College transfer students.
UC Irvine |
Mellon Foundation gives $2.7M to Irvine humanities school
Gift will fund pilot program designed to reduce degree time at the graduate level.