University of California
A 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.
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California Student-Athlete ‘Fair Pay’ Bill Heads to Governor’s Desk
California 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 moreIrreverent Student Newspaper Wins Ninth Circuit Ruling Over ‘Safe Spaces’ Satire
Securing 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.
Read moreSexual Harassment
A longtime employee of the University of California at Santa Barbara claims in Superior Court that, when she complained of gross sexual harassment from a relatively new hire, the Title IX office put her off for three weeks, saying it was “too busy and understaffed.”
Read moreAlzheimer’s Drug
Eli Lilly & Co. sued the University of California, San Diego, in Superior Court, claiming that UCSD diverted nearly $20 million of the $38 million that it provided for a clinical study of solanezumab, an Alzheimer’s drug.
Read moreMeasles Outbreak Forces Quarantine at UCLA
The University of California, Los Angeles, quarantined more than 120 students and staff Thursday who have contracted measles or may have been exposed to it amid fears of a continuing outbreak in LA County.
Read moreBernie Sanders Lends Support to Striking University Employees
University of California research and technical employees got a boost from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Wednesday when he joined them at a rally in Los Angeles over stalled contract negotiations as union members call for better wages and a reduction in outsourcing.
Read moreUC Berkeley Settles Young Conservatives’ Free-Speech Suit
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The University of California, Berkeley, on Monday agreed to alter its events policy to settle a
Read moreToxic Cleanup
The University of California at Davis will pay $14 million toward cleaning up the Laboratory for Energy-related Health Research/Old Campus Landfill Superfund site in Davis, in an agreement with the U.S. EPA and California.
Read moreBringing Science to the Masses, One Beer at a Time
At a cozy watering hole in downtown Oakland, California, budding scientists wield an unconventional weapon to help fight misconceptions about their field of knowledge. Their battleground is a bar. Their ammunition: beer.
Read moreUC Berkeley Defeats $23M Yiannopoulos Riot Suit
A federal judge on Friday dismissed nearly all claims in a $23 million lawsuit over violent protests that led to the cancellation of a speech by conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at the University of California Berkeley in 2017.
Read moreRetirees Win One
A California appeals court found it improper Wednesday that a judge decertified a class of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory retirees who claim the Regents of the University of California cheated them of university-sponsored group health insurance.
Read moreUniversity of California Cuts Tuition for First Time in 20 Years
Responding to a booming economy and a generous state budget, administrators on Thursday approved the first tuition decrease for the University of California system in nearly 20 years.
Read moreFormer University Student Claims School ‘Blackballed’ Her Career
A former doctoral student at University of California, Berkeley filed a lawsuit in state court against state university officials Tuesday for what she calls “blackballing” her career after she filed a harassment complaint against a professor.
Read moreMilo Riot
A federal judge on Monday dismissed with leave to amend a woman’s claims against the University of California, the city of Berkeley and a protester, finding her claims stemming from a scuffle before a speech by Trump surrogate Milo Yiannopoulos are either barred by the Constitution or state law, or because they lack mention of specific injury.
Read moreUniversity of California Workers Begin 3-Day Strike
A California employees’ union representing 25,000 low-wage campus and medical facility workers began its statewide, three-day strike on Monday after a year-long impasse in negotiations with the University of California came to a head last month.
Read moreStrike Threat
The California Public Employment Relations Board seeks an injunction against “essential employees” at five University of California hospitals who are threatening a three-day strike and two-day sympathy strike to support custodial workers, who rejected a 3 percent pay raise.
Read moreDiscrimination Lawsuit Against UC Berkeley Allowed to Proceed
The University of California, Berkeley, must face claims that it discriminated against conservative speakers like Ann Coulter, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreSex and College
A federal judge granted summary judgment to the Regents of the University of California on a claim from a woman who says she was sexually assaulted while working on a fellowship in Alaska, as “UC did not have control over the assailant or program in Alaska.”
Read moreNew Agreement to Open Up More Transfers to CA University
California community college students will be guaranteed admission to the University of California if they meet requirements under a new agreement announced Wednesday by the university and the California Community Colleges.
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