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Sunday Links: University of California Wins Record-Breaking Five Nobel Prizes in Single Year

One of the victims in Monday’s medical helicopter crash in Sacramento has died; a suspect has been arrested in last week's hit-and-run crash in Bernal Heights; and UC California made history with the most Nobel Prizes in one year for a single institution.

Business & Tech

Some Optical Gaming Mice Can Be Manipulated to Spy on Users Through AI, Researchers Warn

Researchers at UC Irvine uncovered a vulnerability that enables some gaming mice with polling rates of 4,000 Hz or higher — many of which are developed in the Bay Area — to be turned into spyware, capturing conversations through desk vibrations using AI.

UC Students and Administrators Sue Trump Administration Over So-Called ‘Antisemitism’ Purge

While the UC system may be giving in on Trump’s attempt to turn the University of California into Trump U, students and faculty are taking up the fight, and have sued the administration to stop the university's defunding and blacklisting of activists.

UC Berkeley Hands Feds List of 160 Allegedly ‘Anti-Semitic’ Students and Staff, in Total Capitulation to Trump

After months of pressure from the Trump administration, UC Berkeley has handed the feds a list of 160 students and faculty accused of “anti-semitism,” with no detail on what merits this allegation, and it’s probably just Palestine protests.

Saturday Links: 30,000 Attend AOC and Bernie Sanders’s 'Fight the Oligarchy' Visit In Denver

Over 30,000 people attended Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders’s joint tour stop in Denver; two unions representing 60,000 University of California employees are poised to begin striking on April 1; and Bach on BART is in full swing.

Bay Area Sports

ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ Coming to Berkeley Saturday for Big Cal Game

The Cal Golden Bears will be in the national spotlight Saturday as ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’ will be broadcast live from Berkeley for the first time ever, but if you want to get your sign on TV, you better get there by 6 am.

UC Says No to Proposed Campus In SF's Downtown

A kind of moonshot proposal to install a new University of California campus in downtown San Francisco — one of a number of ideas that have been thrown out there in the last year by the mayor to bring new life to downtown — has been declined by the university.

University of California Might Give London Breed That SF Expansion Campus She’s Been Hankering For

It seemed like a desperate trial balloon to fill vacant office space when Mayor London Breed asked the UC system to build an expanded campus in San Francisco, but now the university acknowledges they are at least “exploring” the idea.

Jewish Group Sues UC Berkeley Law School Over Student Groups' Anti-Zionism Stance

A Jewish advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. has filed a lawsuit that alleges that UC Berkeley's law school has permitted the "longstanding, unchecked spread of antisemitism" among its student groups.

Affirmative Action Decision at Supreme Court Will Likely Mean Less Diversity at California's Private Universities

After the conservative-dominated Supreme Court ruled today that race-conscious admissions policies are unconstitutional, the repercussions in higher education are likely to be felt most acutely at the most in-demand and prestigious universities.

UC Law SF To Open 656-Unit Student Housing Complex in the Tenderloin This Summer

The former UC Hastings, which now goes by the moniker UC Law SF, is making an attempt to rebrand the Tenderloin too, with a $229 million, 656-unit graduate student housing complex slated to open this summer.

UC Berkeley Loses Court Fight, Will Have to Cap Enrollment at 2020 Level

The University of California just lost one of its appeals to the state Supreme Court, which means it will have to withhold around 5,000 acceptance letters that it was intending to send out to incoming first-year students in the next few weeks.

Dozens of Rich White Kids Got 'Inappropriate Admissions’ to UC Berkeley, Says State Audit

Another “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal hits UC Berkeley, as a new audit finds students from households with donor and staff connections inappropriately cruised through the admissions process.

UC Admissions Standards Lowered For Out-Of-State Students Who Pay Higher Tuition, Audit Reveals

A quadruple increase over the last decade of out-of-state students who pay higher tuition at the University of California but who may have lower grades and test scores has "undermined" the 10-school system's

University of California Adopts Transgender-Inclusive Restrooms

by Eric Wuestewald On Monday, University of California President Janet Napolitano instructed the 10-campus school system to install gender-neutral restrooms to better accommodate LGBT individuals. The result is a huge victory for gay

UC System Turn To Crowdsourcing, Jamie Foxx To Raise Scholarship Funds

All the rage with the startup crowd and starving musicians, crowdsourced funding has now come to the University of California schools. Under a new campaign launched yesterday, the UC system allows smaller donors

Colbert Takes On Rick Santorum's Stupid Claim About California Universities

Disgraced GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed earlier this week that the University of California is responsible for ruining this country because they don't teach American history. This, of course, isn't true. All

Rick Santorum Claims California Universities Are Ruining America

Today at a campaign event in Wisconsin, Republican presidential hopeful and jellybean fan Rick Santorum attempted to demonize California for eroding the values of Heartland, America. Santorum, who also believes that Obama was

UC Considers Students' 'Delayed Tuition' Proposal

Fix UC, a group of students at UC Riverside, have come up with a rather impressive proposal that would delay students' tuition until after they graduate, which they say could triple UC's revenue

UC Board Sticks Students With Another Bump in Tuition

The Board of Regents for the University of California system approved another 9.6% increase to tuition at UC schools today. According to KTVU, the new cost of a year's tuition comes to

Meanwhile, In Berkeley: Hunger Strike Day 8

Did you know that several students at UC Berkeley are once again in the midst of a hunger strike? True. This time they're protesting the erosion of the school's Ethnic Studies program. According

Egyptian Students at Cal Organize Protest to Help Their Families, Friends

Early this morning, the pro-democracy demonstrators in Egypt were assaulted first by supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak charging them on horses and camels, then by automatic weapon fire. That's why for Salma

UC Students Removed from Egypt

After political unrest hit Egypt eight days ago (which has since turned violent), 19 UC students "and at least 13 other adults" have been evacuated. According to the UC Office of the President,

Meanwhile, in Berkeley: UC Tuition Riots Inspire Photography Course

In a slow-week feature yesterday, the Chronicle detailed a one-credit, freshman seminar at UC Berkeley that strives to help students perfect the art of "Photographing History in the Making." Of course, we've all