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The University of California, Irvine has closed its most successful fundraising year on record, raising $343 million in the 2024 fiscal year as part of its Brilliant Future philanthropic campaign.
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UCLA suspended two pro-Palestinian campus groups after a protest at a UC regent’s home, which was vandalized. Chancellor Julio Frenk said students violated conduct rules. The groups said they were undeterred.
The charges, all misdemeanors, included failure to disperse at the scene of a riot and resisting arrest.
Pro-Palestinian protesters rallied at UC Regent Jonathan ‘Jay’ Sures’ home, hanging banners on his hedges and leaving red handprints smeared on his walls.
Lawsuit accuses UC of giving racial preference in admissions to Black and Latino students
A federal judge ordered Elon Musk’s DOGE team to not access student financial aid data. The decision came after University of California students filed a lawsuit against the Education Department. The pause in access ends Monday.
UC Irvine researchers say repeated exposure to graphic photos and videos is being linked to psychological distress. Here’s how and when to cut back.
The university said the $50 million from Charlie Dunlop will be used for an endowment fund within the School of Biological Sciences.
Drastic cuts to National Institutes of Health ‘indirect funds’ for medical research has prompted deep concerns at UC over how to continue studies into ‘life-saving treatments.’
UC is aiming to speed up the faculty discipline process amid criticism that cases take too long to complete, including one involving a UC Davis professor accused of threatening Zionists.