Following the implementation of a systemwide cybersecurity program, UC faculty said they are concerned about privacy – and the University’s failure to consult the Academic Senate before requiring its installation.

This post was updated July 6 at 7:34 p.m.
UC President Michael Drake announced in a Wednesday letter that student governments at all UC campuses are banned from boycotting companies associated with Israel.

This post was updated July 9 at 12:37 p.m.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California State Legislature reached a final state budget agreement June 24 that will not reduce UC funding for the 2025-26 fiscal year.

A UCLA lecturer suing UC administrators for over $22 million will see his case go to trial Tuesday.
Gordon Klein, a continuing lecturer in accounting, filed a lawsuit against Antonio Bernardo, the dean of the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and the UC Board of Regents in September 2021.

This post was updated July 6 at 7:42 p.m.
The United States Department of Justice launched an investigation against the UC on Thursday, citing concerns that the University may have engaged in race and sex-based employment discrimination.

The California State Legislature rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed funding cuts to the UC in its June 9 revision of the state budget.
The legislature passed a state budget amounting to $325 billion Friday, rejecting Newsom’s proposed cuts of $129.7 million to the UC.

Professors expressed concern for the future of UCLA’s teaching and research as the Trump administration continues to financially target universities across the country.
The Trump administration has revoked federal grants and contracts from six American universities due to their alleged failure to resolve antisemitism on campus and one university for allowing a transgender swimmer to compete for its women’s swim team, according to the Associated Press.