A UCLA history professor involved in an ongoing Title IX lawsuit reached an agreement with UCLA that will allow him to return to teach. Gabriel Piterberg was suspended last spring quarter without pay and resigned from his position as director of the Center for Near Eastern Studies last May, after two graduate students filed sexual assault complaints against him. Read more...
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February 10, 6:10 pm
UCLA allows professor in ongoing Title IX lawsuit to resume teaching
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February 10, 12:54 am
UC funds $1.32M grant for health, poverty research centers
University of California campuses received $1.32 million Monday to bring together centers that aim to facilitate health and poverty research. The UC Office of the President funded the Blum Federation. Read more...
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February 8, 2:43 pm
Lecturers’ union, UC reach agreement regarding new employee contract
The University of California and its lecturers’ union reached a formal agreement Friday to increase lecturers’ salary by about 6 percent over the next six months, among other changes, concluding contract negotiations between the two parties after seven months. Read more...
Photo: Lecturer union members and other supporters gathered on the steps of Powell Library in October 2015 to inform students about contract negotiations between the union and the University of California. (Daily Bruin file photo)
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February 8, 12:18 pm
UCSA recap – Feb. 6-7
The University of California Student Association, comprised of representatives from the UC student governments, held its monthly board meeting on Feb. 6 and 7 at UC Santa Barbara. Read more...
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February 5, 8:16 am
UC cybersecurity issue met with mixed responses from faculty
Several University of California professors expressed varied viewpoints about the lack of transparency surrounding the data monitoring hardware the UC Office of the President installed across UC campuses last summer. Read more...
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February 4, 4:37 pm
Napolitano discusses cybersecurity, budget deal at LAWAC lecture
University of California President Janet Napolitano, in her speech Wednesday, defended the University’s decision to install hardware on its data networks, saying it was an attempt to secure networks after the security breach at UCLA Health in 2015. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano spoke at event organized, as a part of a lecture series on global management, by the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. (Kathy Chen/Daily Bruin)
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February 1, 2:12 pm
Computer hardware installed by UCOP found to monitor UC campus networks
The University of California Office of the President has installed computer hardware capable of monitoring email transactions among computers across the University of California system. According to a letter by Ethan Ligon, an associate professor of agricultural and resource economics at UC Berkeley, the hardware is designed to monitor and possibly record all network traffic, including email traffic, coming in and out of Berkeley’s computer networks. Read more...
Photo: University of California President Janet Napolitano announced the installment of computer hardware to monitor email transactions in the UC system. (Daily Bruin file photo)