The Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of the Regents of the University of California’s suit against FEMA relating to grants for projects intended to mitigate the risk of wildfires. The university rescinded its approval of the original project, for which FEMA provided the grants, and the revised project it wished to pursue was “materially distinct.”
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Residents say the area is already too congested to handle the planned 1,200 housing units and what would amount to a brand new hospital.
Read moreA federal court in California approved a $73 million settlement in a class action against the University of California brought by women who accused a former UCLA gynecologist of making inappropriate comments and performing “sexually invasive ‘examinations.’” The women say UCLA allowed James Heaps to continue seeing patients despite a “reputation for disturbing behavior since the 1980s.”
Read moreThe University of California has agreed to pay $73 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by seven women who accused a former UCLA gynecologist of sexual abuse.
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The University of California must face claims it maintained a policy of “deliberate indifference” toward sexual assault which increased the risk of harassment on its campuses, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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University of California officials cannot be sued on claims of cheating students out of hundreds of millions of dollars in fees for on-campus services not provided due to the Covid-19 pandemic because they are immune from federal lawsuits, a judge said in court Monday.
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The University of California system inappropriately admitted 64 well-connected students over a six-year period beginning in 2013 as a favor to donors, family and friends, according to a report released Tuesday by the California State Auditor.
Read moreA former University of California, San Diego, brain cancer researcher and the UC regents have sued each other in a dispute over a $10 million gift from a patient of the researcher to the university’s cancer center.
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A judge has blocked the University of California system from using the SAT and ACT as part of its admissions process, finding a “test-optional policy” gives an unfair advantage to students who can access testing centers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit upheld the dismissal of First Amendment and Equal Protection claims against University of California officials brought by a woman whose plans to attend a speech by far-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley were thwarted by protests. The woman’s battery claim against one of the protesters, however, was improperly dismissed.
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The University of California Board of Regents voted unanimously to approve Michael Drake, former president of Ohio State University and the University of California, Irvine, as the first black UC president in the 152-year history of the higher education system.
Read moreThe University of California regents unanimously endorsed affirmative action Monday nearly two decades after the practice was banned throughout the UC system as institutions throughout the state and nation continue to grapple with racial equality in America.
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Thousands of people marched through the University of California, Los Angeles, campus Thursday to commemorate the lives of people killed by police across the nation and to protest the university’s decision to allow police to use a campus stadium as a field jail for demonstrators.
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The University of California system will no longer use the SAT or ACT standardized tests as a consideration for admission after the UC Regents voted unanimously to discontinue its use during its meeting on Thursday.
Read moreA California judge on Friday signed off on an $84.5 million settlement between the University of California and a class of former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory employees in a deal that will secure lifetime health care benefits for roughly 9,000 retirees, their spouses and dependents.
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A group of students and education reform advocates sued the University of California system Tuesday, claiming its use of SAT and ACT test scores in admissions discriminates against low-income and minority applicants.
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Thousands of members with the largest union of university employees in California went on statewide strike Wednesday to bring attention to job outsourcing and stalled contract negotiations.
Read moreA class action claims the University of California charges unlawful and unconscionable late fees to students who are tardy in paying at least seven sorts of charges, in Alameda County Court.
Read moreCalifornia lawmakers on Wednesday voted unanimously to allow college athletes to accept paid endorsements, ignoring the NCAA’s warnings that the move could make the state’s powerhouse universities ineligible for events like the Final Four and Rose Bowl.
Read moreSecuring a win for collegiate free press, a Ninth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday that a case involving the University of California, San Diego’s satirical student newspaper The Koala, free speech and student organization funding should not have been dismissed.
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