Year: 2014

governor | politics | UC Regents

New and Old at the UC Regents
Byuclafaculty January 18, 2014

The Regents in 1964 1-17-2014 SACRAMENTO – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the following appointments. Richard C. Blum, 78, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the University of California Board of Regents effective March 2, 2014, where he has served since 2002 and was chair from 2007 to 2009. Blum founded Blum Capital Partners L.P. in 1975 and serves as chairman and president. He has been chairman of the CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. Board of Directors since 2001. Blum has been a member of the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Advisory Board since…

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traffic | transportation | UCLA

Your Chance to Say What You Will on the 405 Project
Byuclafaculty January 18, 2014

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miscellaneous

Are You Available?
Byuclafaculty January 17, 2014

No, this is not about office hours. And it’s not about privacy issues raised in prior postings about public access to faculty emails and documents. Rather, it’s about access to research. In the recent spending bill – yes, the same one mentioned in the previous post on the subway – there is direction and funding for federal agencies to establish mechanisms to make federally-funded research papers available to the public in digital format no later than 12 months after acceptance by a journal. In most cases, researchers want their papers to be available and, if there is a roadblock, it…

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transportation | UCLA

Waiting for the Train to Westwood?
Byuclafaculty January 17, 2014

News reports indicate that the subway extension to Westwood got some funding from the recent budget deal in Washington. It will be awhile, however. Meanwhile, it will have to be a train of thought. See santamonica.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/subway-to-the-sea-receives-congressional-grant

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governor | Napolitano | State Budget | UC | UC budget crisis

She Sure Didn’t Bumble Her Meeting with the Bee
Byuclafaculty January 16, 2014

UC prez Napolitano had a meeting with the editorial board of the Sacramento Bee recently and, evidently, said the right things: Editorial: Janet Napolitano is showing a clear-eyed view of UC mission By the Editorial Board Published: Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 UC President Janet Napolitano has her priorities for the university system in correct alignment; the question will be in the execution. In a visit to The Sacramento Bee’s editorial board on Wednesday, Napolitano showed she is a quick study… Importantly, Napolitano was clear-eyed on the basic point that UC was “designed to build California,” and that its role in…

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traffic | transportation | UCLA

Enjoy the Coming MLK 3-Day Weekend on the 405 Because the Next One Won’t Be So Nice
Byuclafaculty January 15, 2014

The road powers-that-be are warning that the Presidents’ Day weekend – as opposed to the upcoming Martin Luther King Day weekend – on the 405 near UCLA will be unpleasant: County, state and local transportation officials will warn motorists Tuesday that extended lane closures of the San Diego (405) Freeway in the Sepulveda Pass are planned over Presidents Day weekend. Metro officials are dubbing the planned 80-hour closures on the northbound 405 “Jamzilla” — not quite as serious as the two previous “Carmageddon” closures of the entire freeway, but a serious traffic issue nonetheless. The closures will take place Feb….

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Cornell | online education

Do They Understand the Key Lesson of Their MOOC?
Byuclafaculty January 14, 2014

Seems like a contradiction! To yours truly comes word that Cornell University is offering an online course (MOOC) on American Capitalism.No problem with that, I guess, but they are giving it away for free. Don’t think capitalism works like that – but what do I know? Details at https://www.edx.org/course/cornellx/cornellx-hist1514x-american-capitalism-1307

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privacy | UCLA

Ahead of the Curve
Byuclafaculty January 14, 2014

The curved neuroscience building Inside Higher Ed takes note of the recent UCLA policy on requests to faculty for public documents such as emails. Blog readers will recall a recent posting on that new policy. …Carole Goldberg, a professor of law and vice chancellor of academic personnel at UCLA, is co-chair of the joint Academic Senate-Administration Task Force on Academic Freedom, which drafted the statement. She said that no particular incident at UCLA had inspired the statement, but that faculty and administrators wanted to “get ahead of the curve” on academic freedom and scholarly communications, in light of several high-profile…

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governor | LAO | pension | pensions | State Budget | UC | UC budget crisis | ucrp

Is there a Changing State Attitude Regarding the UC Pension? Reading Between the Lines
Byuclafaculty January 13, 2014

As blog readers will know, UC has had difficulties in getting the state to recognize that its pension liabilities were ultimately those of the state, just as CalPERS and CalSTRS liabilities are liabilities of the state. Thanks to the two-decade hiatus of contributions, the state seemed to forget about UC’s pension. However, there is beginning to be recognition that although you can say the pension is a liability of the Regents, in the end the Regents have no sources other than the state and tuition to deal with it. We noted recently that in his budget document describing his proposal…

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miscellaneous | UCLA

UCLA Meteorite Exhibit Now Open
Byuclafaculty January 13, 2014

Both the LA Times and the Daily Bruin recently carried stories about a new meteorite museum/exhibit now open in the Geology Building. Included is a chunk of the meteorite that created the well-known Meteor Crater in Arizona. http://www.latimes.com/science/la-sci-meteorite-museum-20140111,0,7358495.story http://dailybruin.com/2014/01/13/ucla-officially-opens-meteorite-gallery-with-interactive-exhibit/ Yours truly hasn’t been there yet, but here is the info: WHERE: The museum is in Room 3697 of the Geology Building on the UCLA campus in Westwood. The address is 595 Charles E. Young Dr. East. WHEN: Open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays, and some weekend afternoons. On weekends, graduate students will be on hand to answer questions…

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Year: 2014

New and Old at the UC Regents

Your Chance to Say What You Will on the 405 Project

Are You Available?

Waiting for the Train to Westwood?

She Sure Didn’t Bumble Her Meeting with the Bee

Enjoy the Coming MLK 3-Day Weekend on the 405 Because the Next One Won’t Be So Nice

Do They Understand the Key Lesson of Their MOOC?

Ahead of the Curve

Is there a Changing State Attitude Regarding the UC Pension? Reading Between the Lines

UCLA Meteorite Exhibit Now Open

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Higher Ed Policy

Labor and Advocacy

UC Faculty Associations

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