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Uncertainty Surrounds UCSD Commencement Ceremony in Wake of COVID-19
According to the UC San Diego commencement website, the weekend of June 13 and 14 is still scheduled for graduation festivities, including the 2020 All-Campus Commencement …
Third UCSD Student Tests Positive for COVID-19
Three students have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a recent update via TritonAlert. The update does not specify if the third individual was in contact …
82% of Undergraduate Students Terminate Housing Contracts
82% of undergraduates and 6% of graduate students living on campus have terminated their housing contracts by the March 29 deadline, according to UC San Diego …
BREAKING: Spring Classes at UC San Diego To Be Held Online Due to COVID-19
Editor’s Note: This article is breaking and will be updated as more information becomes available. UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep Khosla sent an email this evening …
UCSD COLA Approves Grading Strike
The UC San Diego Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) movement voted to go on a grading strike next Monday during the COLA Walkout and General Assembly …
Students Rally In Support of Fired UC Santa Cruz TAs
Students, faculty, and community members marched at the “Red 4 Ed” rally in front of Geisel Library Monday, in solidarity with UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) graduate …
Associated Students of UC San Diego
ASUCSD Judicial Board Rules Against The Triton, Recommends Constitutional Clarifications
Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Judicial Board ruled unanimously against The Triton on February 19, issuing a majority opinion that the closed session ASUCSD …...
AS Senate Privately Discusses Mental Health Prior to Approving Fee Referendum Text
Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Senate granted a private, closed session...
Students Likely To Vote On Funding Expanded Mental Health Services
The Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Senate voted on January 15 to approve...
Kamron Williams Appointed Next AS Vice President of External Affairs
Kamron Williams, a second year Public Law major in the Political Science Department, has...
Students May Soon Be Able to Vote for International and Out-of-State Senators
The International and Out-of-State Senator positions may both soon become elected Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) representatives, instead of appointed, under a new policy …
Update: Selection Process for a New AS VP of External Affairs Has Begun
This article was updated on October 7. You can read the original breaking news article here. Associated Students of UC San Diego (ASUCSD) Vice President of …
Ninth Circuit Court Reverses Koala Case Decision
The United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court’s dismissal of The Koala’s claim that UC San Diego and Associated Students of UC …
UC System
BREAKING: UC Santa Cruz Graduate Students on Strike Receive Termination Letter
At least 54 graduate student workers on strike at UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) received a letter today notifying them of the university’s intent to dismiss them …
UCSD Graduate Students Circulate Strike Poll as Two More Campuses Join COLA Strike
UC San Diego graduate students sent out a strike poll last night for the Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) campaign to help determine whether graduate students …
UCSD Graduate Students to Withhold Final Grades If UCSC Strikers Are Terminated
Around 150 UC San Diego demonstrators from the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) campaign led a walkout today at 11:00 a.m. in response to threats from …
UCSD Graduate Students Demonstrate in Support of Systemwide Cost of Living Adjustment
The UC Student Workers Union, United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2865, held a systemwide demonstration on Monday, demanding that the UC system re-enter negotiations for a …
UC Board of Regents Presidential Search Committee Hosts Town Hall on Campus
The Presidential Search Committee for the next UC President hosted a town hall at the Faculty Club on Tuesday for the campus community to provide input. …
UC System and Its Largest Labor Union Reach Tentative Contracts
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME 3299), the UC system’s largest labor union representing 8,000 service workers and 19,000 patient …
Coronavirus Updates
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Third UCSD Student Tests Positive for COVID-19
Three students have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a recent update via TritonAlert. The update does not specify if the third individual was in contact …
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