Earlier this week, the Trump administration admitted that they scanned for keywords related to race, diversity, gender, vaccines, and other topics anathema to the administration when deciding which UC faculty research grants to cancel. This revelation has significant legal consequences for UC faculty fighting to restore their grants because it suggests the administration violated the…
On Thursday, June 18, guest speaker Dr. Elizabeth Ginexi led the OMB Comment-a-thon hosted by the UC San Francisco Faculty Association and the Council of UC Faculty Associations. Interest in this event was enormous, with over 200 people RSVPing. Here is a recording of Dr. Ginexi’s presentation and slides from the Comment-a-thon session. The OMB…
Over the next few weeks, UC faculty have two vital opportunities to advocate on issues related to research funding. SB895 (the California Science and Health Research Bond) will be voted on in the next three weeks in the CA state assembly. Please consider calling your assemblymember using this script. If you’d like some guidance on…
Faculty Association members from UC Davis, San Francisco, Berkeley, and Santa Cruz joined a crowd of more than a thousand in Sacramento at the Save Science, Save Lives Rally on Monday, May 4th. The gathering was organized to promote SB 895, the California Science and Health Research Bond Act, a law that would place a $23 billion…
California Science and Health Research Fund Clears First Legislative Hurdle Faculty Association Members Speak in Support Faculty Association members from the ten UC campuses are campaigning to pass the California Science and Health Research Bond Act (SB 895), a law that will place a $23 billion bond on the November ballot to fund research at…
The United Auto Workers (UAW) held a strike authorization vote (SAV) February 5-13, 2026 for an unfair labor practice strike. This vote involves university employees represented by UAW Local 4811, which includes academic student employees (ASEs)—all teaching assistants (TAs), teaching fellows, associate instructors, readers, tutors, and graduate student researchers (GSRs) at all UC campuses. Two…
The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), as well as the individual Faculty Associations on all ten UC campuses, are pleased to announce that the Trump administration has dropped its appeal of the court order blocking it from forcing the UC to pay a $1.2 billion settlement and freezing more than $500 million in federal…
The Council of UC Faculty Associations is supporting a legislative initiative to increase funding for scientific research in California. Scientists from institutions across the state are signing on to an open letter in support of this initiative. Already over 500 UC faculty have signed! Sign the Petition California SB 895 would create the California Science and…
Image credit: San Francisco Chronicle Faculty Association Victories in 2025 As the new administration shut down research funding and limited faculty freedom of speech, UC faculty fought back on many fronts. Guided by a new leadership team committed to building a broader, more representative, more powerful organization, CUCFA initiated and joined multiple successful lawsuits: Sued…
Following an invitation from the UC San Diego Faculty Association (SDFA), CUCFA and the majority of UC campus Faculty Associations have endorsed the following statement: We, faculty of the University of California, call on the UC Regents and President Milliken to publicly reject the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” that was made available to…