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Tag Archives: University of California
Big Bay Area Hospital Strikes: Who Will Be Affected and Why
It's not a great time to get sick in the Bay Area. Workers are planning a strike at University of California San Francisco and the four other UC medical centers up and down the state Tuesday and Wednesday, May 21 … Continue reading
UC President Warns of Havoc if Medical Workers Strike
University of California President Mark Yudof said patients at the university's medical centers will be at risk if thousands of union workers make good on their plans to strike. Last week, unions announced that their members had overwhelmingly approved a … Continue reading
UC, CSU, California Community Colleges -- and the New University of California?
There's the University of California, the California State University and California Community Colleges. Soon, there could be a fourth system of higher education — the New University of California. The catch? It wouldn't offer classes. It wouldn't charge tuition. And … Continue reading
Can Online Courses Save the University of California? Mark Yudof Looks Into the Future
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The future of the University of California may look a lot like what's in front of your eyes right now. Speaking to Marketplace's Jeremy Hobson, the school's departing president, Mark Yudof, said public universities may depend on online courses for … Continue reading
Who Killed the UC Logo? 3 Suspects
In today's world, the success of a design can be influenced by three separate yet perhaps equally important groups: the designers who create visual brands; the online commenters who criticize them; and the reporters who write about the controversies. These … Continue reading
UC President Mark Yudof Announces Resignation
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Citing health concerns, University of California President Mark Yudof on Friday announced he is leaving the job at the end of the academic year and will return to teaching law on the Berkeley campus. Yudof took the helm of the … Continue reading
Clampdown on Student Suspensions, Free College Materials Among New Education Laws
Some big changes are in store for California schools in 2013, with the most significant development perhaps coming in the way that schools suspend students. We asked KQED's education reporter, Ana Tintocalis to clue us in on what's new in … Continue reading
UC Suspends Use of New Monogram
In a press release, Daniel Dooley, Senior Vice President for External Relations, says of the UC monogram that has received so much criticism over the past few days: "(W)hile I believe the design element in question would win wide acceptance … Continue reading
Branding Expert Talks UC's Controversial New Logo With Us
Well, that didn't go very well, did it? Boy, you hate to pile on the new University of California logo, especially when the pile is reaching Empire State Building levels. And in the interest of fairness, here's someone from the … Continue reading
Is the New UC Logo a 'Big Breath of Fresh Air' or 'a Flushing Toilet'?
UPDATE 2:37 pm. Dec. 14: The university has suspended use of the controversial logo. Learn more here. A UC online video about the logo that had appeared at the bottom of this post has been removed from the Internet by … Continue reading
