August 27, 2009
UC President Mark Yudof is asking students, faculty, staff, alumni and UC friends to stand up for the university with a letter-writing campaign directed at the governor and state legislators.
Ask them to make funding UC a priority in next year’s budget. Join the campaign now.
August 14, 2009
Even during a time of extreme fiscal constraints, the University of California must press forward on campus construction projects needed to address seismic and life safety concerns.
In addition, UC must catch up with growth by providing modern teaching and research facilities as well as improving energy efficiencies in aging buildings. Many campus building projects were already under construction when state funding was slashed.
UC is issuing bonds that will make it possible to continue approximately 70 campus projects.
How exactly are UC building projects funded? This UC Newsroom FAQ addresses some commonly asked questions about the university’s capital projects program.
August 11, 2009
Bond issues totaling nearly $1.4 billion will create construction jobs throughout the state and complete badly needed building projects already under way at UC campuses. The bulk of the bond sale falls under the federal stimulus program’s Build America Bonds, which will subsidize 35 percent of UC’s qualifying interest costs.
August 7, 2009
In an effort to protect patient safety, the UC medical centers were given the opportunity to develop an alternative plan, which would generate the same level of savings as the employee furlough plan. In lieu of employee furloughs, the medical centers have been allowed to meet the required savings, which is equivalent to the amount of savings the furloughs would have achieved, through the elimination of vacant positions, planned attrition, layoffs, management of overtime pay, program closures, voluntary separation program, reduction in the use of contract and temporary labor, elimination of pay increases – except those required by contract, and salary reductions for senior management.
The alternative plan is designed to meet the goals of the Regent’s action, while allowing our medical centers to maintain the highest standard of patient care possible and continue the essential services upon which our communities rely.
Read more frequently asked questions about furloughs.
August 6, 2009
The University of California has long been a magnet for the brightest, most innovative minds. Now these dire budget setbacks threaten to drive those brilliant students and faculty away from the university and the state. Such a “brain drain” would have serious consequences not just for UC but also for the quality of California’s economic and cultural life. Read how UC campuses are impacted.
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