| DATE |
EVENT |
| Aug. 1995 |
Richard
C. Atkinson appointed seventeenth president of the University
of California, effective October 1, 1995. |
| Oct. 1995 |
National Research
Council releases "Research-Doctorate Programs in the United
States," a comprehensive study of the quality of Ph.D. programs
in American universities. UC as a system did remarkably well,
with more than half of its 229 graduate programs ranked in the
top 20 in the nation. When averages were computed for individual
universities, Berkeley ranked first in the nation, San Diego
tenth, and Los Angeles twelfth; the other nine institutions
in the top twelve were all private universities. |
| Oct. 1995 |
Three UC faculty
awarded the Nobel Prize: Frederick Reines (Physics, Irvine),
F. Sherwood Rowland (Chemistry, Irvine), Paul Crutzen (Chemistry,
San Diego) |
| Oct. 1995 |
Inauguration of Henry
Yang as fifth chancellor of UC Santa Barbara. |
| Dec. 1995 |
William H. Gurtner
appointed Vice President, Clinical Services Development. |
| Jan. 1996 |
Industry-University
Cooperative Research Program established. |
| Mar. 1996 |
C. Judson King appointed
Provost and Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs. |
| Mar. 1996 |
Regents authorize
construction of headquarters in Oakland for the Office of the
President. |
| Apr. 1996 |
M.R.C. Greenwood
appointed sixth chancellor of UC Santa Cruz. |
| Apr. 1996 |
Robert C. Dynes appointed
sixth chancellor of UC San Diego. |
| June 1996 |
UC and the Los Alamos
National Laboratory establish an office in Northern New Mexico
to strengthen relationships with regional communities. |
| Aug. 1996 |
President Atkinson
announces a new methodology for allocating State funds to the
campuses. Among the changes are: most allocations to the campuses
to be made as a single block of funds; indirect cost reimbursements
to be returned to the campuses on the basis of how the dollars
are generated; campuses to assume greater flexibility and responsibility
for how funds are spent. |
| Aug. 1996 |
Commission on the
Future of Medical Education appointed (Charles Wilson, M.D.,
chair). |
| Sept. 1996 |
Robert N. Shelton
appointed Vice Provost for Research. |
| Oct. 1996 |
Bruce B. Darling
appointed Vice President, University and External Relations. |
| Oct. 1996 |
Davis and Irvine
campuses invited to join the Association of American Universities,
bringing UC's membership to six campuses; the only university
system in the nation with more than one AAU member. |
| Jan. 1997 |
President Atkinson
establishes the UC Flood and Emergency Resource Task Force to
assist the state in dealing with natural disasters. |
| Jan. 1997 |
President's Retreat
on UC's Relationship with Industry in Research and Technology
Transfer held at UCLA. |
| Jan. 1997 |
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey
appointed vice provost for academic initiatives. |
| Feb. 1997 |
First Presidential
Medal awarded to UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien. |
| Mar. 1997 |
Robert M. Berdahl
appointed eighth chancellor of UC Berkeley. |
| Mar. 1997 |
Albert Carnesale
appointed fifth chancellor of UCLA. |
| Mar. 1997 |
All-University Conference
on Teaching and Learning Technologies held at UCLA. |
| Mar. 1997 |
New York Times
refers to the emergence of UC San Diego as a major research
university, which had a great impact on the economy of the San
Diego region, as the "Atkinson Miracle." |
| Apr. 1997 |
Haile T. Debas appointed
seventh chancellor of UC San Francisco for 1997-98. |
| Apr. 1997 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to UC benefactor Peter E. Haas, Sr. |
| Apr. 1997 |
President Atkinson
establishes the Board on Research and Economic Development,
a group of distinguished representatives from the private sector,
to advise on future directions of the Industry-University Cooperative
Research Program. |
| May 1997 |
Regents approve Mission
Bay site for major expansion of UC San Francisco. |
| May 1997 |
UC joins with Caltech,
the California State University, the California Institute of
Technology, Stanford University, and the University of Southern
California in establishing the Consortium for Education Network
Initiatives in California (CENIC) to design and deploy CalREN-2,
an advanced electronic superhighway that will link California's
universities to the national high-speed network. |
| May 1997 |
UC and its affiliated
national laboratories produce more research leading to patented
inventions than any other public or private research university
or laboratory in the nation, according to a study by the National
Science Foundation. |
| May 1997 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to UC San Francisco Chancellor Joseph B. Martin, M.D. |
| May 1997 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to UCLA Chancellor Charles E. Young. |
| June 1997 |
Hugh Graham presentation
to The Regents on his study (with Nancy Diamond), The Rise of
American Research Universities, which found that the UC system
leads the nation in research excellence and productivity among
public universities. |
| July 1997 |
Regents approve Outreach
Task Force Report. |
| July 1997 |
UC and Mexico's National
Council on Science and Technology (CONACYT) enter into the most
comprehensive research and education collaboration ever established
between a U.S. university and Mexico. |
| Sept. 1997 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to Los Alamos Laboratory Director Siegfried Hecker. |
| Sept. 1997 |
Judith Boyette appointed
Associate Vice President-Benefits and Human Resources; reorganization
of the merged benefits and human resources departments begins. |
| Sept. 1997 |
Regents approve five-year
extension of UC's contracts to manage the Department of Energy
Laboratories at Los Alamos, Livermore, and Berkeley. |
| Sept. 1997 |
Regents approve creation
of UCSF Stanford Health Care, a merger of the clinical enterprises
of UC San Francisco and Stanford University, to sustain the
competitiveness of both in the changing health-care marketplace. |
| Oct. 1997 |
Two UC faculty awarded
the Nobel Prize: Paul D. Boyer (Chemistry, UCLA), Stanley Prusiner
(Physiology or Medicine, UCSF) |
| Oct. 1997 |
Report on UC academic
planning, "Preparing for the Twenty-first Century." |
| Oct. 1997 |
John C. Browne appointed
director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
| Oct. 1997 |
UC Digital Library
established and Richard Lucier named as University Librarian. |
| Nov. 1997 |
Pathways, UC's online
undergraduate admission information and application network,
begins accepting applications. |
| Nov. 1997 |
Faculty committee
releases academic planning recommendations for UC's tenth campus. |
| Nov. 1997 |
Regents approve health
benefits for domestic partners of UC faculty and staff. |
| Nov. 1997 |
Regents approve 1616
Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C., as the site for the
UC Washington, D.C. Center. The UC Center will provide space
for academic program and research activities and the Office
of Federal Governmental Relations, as well as housing for 280
students. |
| Dec. 1997 |
President Atkinson
approves naming of 10th campus "UC Merced." |
| Dec. 1997 |
UC Santa Barbara's
school of environmental studies is renamed the Donald Bren School
of Environmental Science and Management in recognition of a
major gift from the Bren Foundation. The Bren gift supports
establishment of the University's first intercampus program
of environmental study integrating natural and social sciences,
business and law curricula. |
| Jan. 1998 |
Outreach Action Plan
announced at Regents' meeting. |
| Jan. 1998 |
Chancellor Emeritus
Pister appointed Senior Associate to the President to coordinate
UC's systemwide response to the recommendations of the Outreach
Task Force Report. |
| Jan. 1998 |
For the third consecutive
year, UC raises a record amount in contributions from alumni
and friends, receiving $726.3 million in 1996-97. |
| Jan. 1998 |
Ralph J. Cicerone
appointed fourth chancellor of UC Irvine. |
| Jan. 1998 |
UC announces applications
from nearly 59,000 high school seniors for admission in fall
1998, an 8 percent increase from the previous year and the largest
one-year jump in 10 years. |
| Feb. 1998 |
President Atkinson
announces title changes for Anne C. Broome (Vice President,
Financial Management) and Larry Hershman (Vice President, Budget). |
| Mar. 1998 |
President Atkinson
appoints the President's Commission on Agriculture and Natural
Resources, a group of agricultural, business, consumer, and
governmental leaders charged with advising UC on issues related
to agriculture and natural resources. |
| Mar. 1998 |
Organizational plan
for the newly merged UCOP Human Resources and Benefits Department
announced. |
| Apr. 1998 |
J. Michael Bishop
appointed eighth chancellor of UC San Francisco. |
| Apr. 1998 |
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey,
Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives, given additional appointment
as Senior Associate to the President for UC Merced. |
| Apr. 1998 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to President Emeritus Clark Kerr. |
| May 1998 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to George Deukmejian, former governor of California. |
| May 1998 |
A. Scott Sudduth
appointed Assistant Vice President--Federal Governmental Relations. |
| May 1998 |
President Atkinson
announces the UC Engineering Initiative, a plan to help keep
California's technology-based economy competitive by a 50 percent
increase in the number of engineering and computer science students
at UC 2005. |
| May 1998 |
Office of the President
relocates to 1111 Franklin Street, Oakland, California. |
| June 1998 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to Irvine Chancellor Laurel L. Wilkening. |
| July 1998 |
President Atkinson
announces the Master of Advanced Study, a new systemwide degree
program offering advanced professional education and advanced
liberal studies for working adults. |
| Oct. 1998 |
Two UC faculty and
one UC researcher awarded the Nobel Prize: Louis J. Ignarro,
(Physiology or Medicine, UCLA), Walter Kohn (Chemistry, UCSB),
Robert B. Laughlin (Physics, Livermore). |
| Nov. 1998 |
Governor-elect Gray
Davis appoints President Atkinson to his Education Transition
Group. |
| Nov. 1998 |
President Atkinson
announces search for founding chancellor of UC Merced. |
| Jan. 1999 |
Governor Davis appoints
President Atkinson as a member of the Governor's delegation
to visit Mexico to strengthen relationships in commerce and
education. |
| Feb. 1999 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to Willie Lewis Brown, Jr., Mayor of San Francisco. |
| Mar. 1999 |
Governor Davis appoints
President Atkinson to the Commission on Building for the 21st
Century, charged with developing a comprehensive plan for meeting
California's infrastructure needs. |
| Mar. 1999 |
Regents approve Eligibility
in the Local Context, which grants UC freshman eligibility to
students in the top 4 percent of all California high schools. |
| Mar. 1999 |
President Atkinson
establishes the California Studies Fellowship program at the
universitywide Humanities Research Institute to support research
and scholarship on the history and culture of California. |
| Mar. 1999 |
California House,
jointly sponsored by UC and the California Trade and Commerce
Agency, established in London to stimulate academic and commercial
exchange between the United Kingdom and California. |
| Apr. 1999 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to former UC San Francisco Chancellor Haile T. Debas. |
| May 1999 |
The Koret Foundation
awards President Atkinson and Stanford University President
Gerhard Casper the Koret Prize for preeminent contributions
to American education. |
| May 1999 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to the President of Mexico, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de
León. |
| May 1999 |
President Atkinson
establishes the University of California Commission on the Humanities
to examine the challenges the humanities and humanities scholars
face in higher education and recommend ways to address them. |
| July 1999 |
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey
appointed founding chancellor of UC Merced. |
| Oct. 1999 |
UC Medical Student
Diversity Task Force appointed to examine short and longer-term
trends in the admission and enrollment of underrepresented minority
students at UC medical schools. |
| Oct. 1999 |
President Atkinson
announces creation of the position Vice President-Educational
Outreach to strengthen oversight of UC's growing outreach and
K-12 programs and appoints Karl S. Pister to the post. |
| Oct. 1999 |
Pierce's Disease
Task Force established to mobilize the University's scientific
and technical expertise to help combat Pierce's disease, a threat
to the state's wine and grape industries. |
| Oct. 1999 |
Advisory Group on
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal appointed, with President
Atkinson as chair, to advise the State on options for handling
low-level wastes. |
| Oct. 1999 |
Stanford University
President Gerhard Casper announces that Stanford will withdraw
from UCSF Stanford Health Care. |
| Nov. 1999 |
Regents authorize
President Atkinson to take the necessary steps to dissolve UCSF
Stanford Health Care. |
| Dec. 1999 |
President Atkinson
establishes in the Office of the President the Center for Teaching
and Learning Technologies to coordinate both campus and universitywide
efforts to develop various digital approaches to education,
including e-learning. |
| Jan. 2000 |
Los Alamos National
Laboratory scientist Wen Ho Lee arrested for allegedly mishandling
nuclear weapons secrets. |
| Feb. 2000 |
President Atkinson
designates Veterans Day (November 11) as an official University
of California holiday. |
| Mar. 2000 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to Sidney Drell, former chair of the University of California
President's Council on the National Laboratories and professor
of physics at Stanford University. |
| Mar. 2000 |
Michael Drake appointed
Vice President-Health Affairs. |
| Mar. 2000 |
Alex Saragoza appointed
Vice President-Educational Outreach. |
| Mar. 2000 |
Joseph Mullinix appointed
Senior Vice President-Business and Finance. |
| May 2000 |
Cerro Grande fire
near Los Alamos National Laboratory destroys over 200 residential
dwellings and requires closing of the Laboratory from May 8
- May 22. |
| May 2000 |
Two hard drives containing
classified information about disarming nuclear weapons discovered
missing at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
| May 2000 |
Regents approve change
in title for Bruce B. Darling to Senior Vice President-University
and External Relations. |
| May 2000 |
Julius Zelmanowitz
appointed Vice Provost for Academic Initiatives. |
| May 2000 |
Governor Davis and
UC confirm a Partnership Agreement to provide the University
with a four percent annual increase in State general funds,
plus support for enrollment growth and other key areas. |
| June 2000 |
Missing hard drives
found at Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
| June 2000 |
Presidential Citation
of Excellence awarded to Director of Personnel Edna Coleman-Smith. |
| June 2000 |
UC receives an 18
percent operating budget increase in the 2000-01 State budget
approved by Governor Davis. Capital budget includes $75 million
to create three California Institutes for Science and Innovation,
which will focus on scientific and engineering research and
teaching in fields key to the future of the California economy. |
| July 2000 |
UC Institute for
Labor and Employment established. |
| July 2000 |
Six finalists
for California Institutes for Science and Technology announced:
. Systems Biology (UC Irvine)
. Agricultural Genomics (UC Riverside,
UC Berkeley, and UC Davis)
.
Communications and Information Technology (UC San Diego and
UC Irvine)
. Nanosystems
(UC Los Angeles and UC Santa Barbara)
.
Information Technology in the Interest of Society (UC Berkeley,
UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, and UC Merced)
.
Bioengineering, Biotechnology, and Quantitative Biomedicine
(UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Cruz) |
| Sept. 2000 |
Regents approve mandatory
student health insurance for undergraduates, making UC the first
multicampus university system to adopt a policy of mandatory
student health insurance. |
| Sept. 2000 |
President Atkinson
requests the Academic Senate to review a "dual admissions" proposal
that would supplement current admissions procedures. |
| Sept. 2000 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to Chancellor Emeritus Karl S. Pister. |
| Sept. 2000 |
President Atkinson
receives the National Leadership Award from the U. S. Small
Business Administration for his role, as chancellor of UC San
Diego, in forging industry-university-government partnerships
that contributed to the economic revitalization of the San Diego
region. |
| Oct. 2000 |
Three UC faculty
awarded the Nobel Prize: Professor Alan J. Heeger (Chemistry,
Santa Barbara); Professor Herbert Kroemer (Physics, Santa Barbara);
and Professor Daniel L. McFadden (Economics, Berkeley). |
| Oct. 2000 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to UC benefactor and Broadcom Corporation founder Henry
Samueli. |
| Dec. 2000 |
Governor Davis and
President Atkinson announce creation of four California Institutes
for Science and Innovation at Los Angeles (nanotechnology),
San Diego (telecommunications and information technology), San
Francisco (bioengineering, biotechnology, and quantitative medicine),
and Berkeley (information technology). |
| Dec. 2000 |
Chair Sue Johnson
and President Atkinson appoint the Commission on the Growth
and Support of Graduate Education to help UC meet its goal of
adding at least 11,000 graduate students over the next decade. |
| Jan. 2001 |
President Atkinson
announces a series of steps UC will take to move towards greater
energy independence in response to California's energy crisis. |
| Jan. 2001 |
Regents approve extension
to 2005 of UC's contracts with the Department of Energy to manage
the Los Alamos and Livermore National Laboratories. |
| Feb. 2001 |
In the Robert H.
Atwell Distinguished Lecture at the annual meeting of the American
Council on Education, President Atkinson announces two proposals
he has asked the Academic Senate of the University of California
to consider: 1) that the University eliminate aptitude tests
as a requirement for admission and replace them with appropriate
achievement tests and 2) that the University move away from
its tiered system of admissions and toward procedures that look
at applicants in a more comprehensive way. |
| Mar. 2001 |
Governor Davis, Mexico
President Vicente Fox, and President Atkinson inaugurate the
high-speed Internet2 link between California and Mexico. |
| Apr. 2001 |
David Russ appointed
Treasurer of The Regents and Vice President-- Investments. |
| Apr. 2001 |
Alex Saragoza resigns
as Vice President--Educational Outreach. Manuel Gómez
appointed interim vice president. |
| May 2001 |
John McTague appointed
Vice President--Laboratory Management. |
| May 2001 |
Regents unanimously
approve RE-28, which rescinds SP-1 and SP-2 and reaffirms the
University's commitment to a diverse student body and to shared
governance in determining admissions criteria. |
| July 2001 |
In a keynote address
at the annual meeting of the Council for Advancement and Support
of Education in San Francisco, President Atkinson discusses
his proposals for change in UC's admissions policies: Eligibility
in the Local Context; Dual Admissions; comprehensive review
of applicants; and replacement of the SAT I with standardized
tests tied to the high school curriculum. |
| July 2001 |
Regents approve Dual
Admissions Program. |
| Aug. 2001 |
Lawrence Coleman
appointed Vice Provost for Research. |
| Oct. 2001 |
Nobel Prize awarded
to Professor George Akerlof (Economics, Berkeley). |
| Oct. 2001 |
In response to the
Governor's executive order following the September 11th terrorist
attacks, the University provides Governor Davis with an inventory
of UC research and expertise related to terrorism that could
be useful to the state in combating terrorist threats. |
| Oct. 2001 |
Vice President--Health
Affairs Michael Drake appointed to the State Strategic Committee
on Terrorism's subcommittee on strategies to protect public
health. |
| Oct. 2001 |
Governor Davis asks
all State-funded programs to consider options for cuts of up
to 15 percent in light of the state's economic downturn. |
| Nov. 2001 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to former chancellor and laboratory director Herbert
F. York |
| Nov. 2001 |
Regents approve admissions
policy instituting comprehensive review of UC undergraduate
applicants. |
| Nov. 2001 |
UC and the California
State University agree to create a joint board to develop, fund,
and expedite proposals for joint doctorate in education (EdD)
programs. |
| Nov. 2001 |
UCLA Vice Chancellor
for Student Affairs Winston Doby is appointed Vice President--Educational
Outreach. |
| Dec. 2001 |
UC MEXUS and the
California Council on Science and Technology present a workshop
on technology transfer for representatives from Mexico's CONACYT
and Mexican universities and industry, in follow up to the 1997
UC-CONACYT agreement to foster educational and research cooperation. |
| Jan. 2002 |
UC's Commission on
the Growth and Support of Graduate Education concludes that
to serve California's needs by 2010, UC must increase graduate
student enrollment by at least 11,000 students (a nearly 50%
increase). |
| Jan. 2002 |
Regents approve tuition
exemption program to allow certain non-resident students, including
undocumented immigrants, to pay in-state fees if they have attended
at least 3 years and graduated from a California high school. |
| Jan. 2002 |
Board of Admissions
and Relations with Schools issues discussion paper recommending
the use of a core achievement examination in admissions covering
mastery of the fundamental disciplines needed for University-level
work. |
| Feb. 2002 |
The United States
District Court named UC as lead plaintiff in the shareholders'
class action lawsuit against senior executives of the Enron
Corporation and the accounting firm of Arthur Andersen. |
| Apr. 2002 |
UC files a consolidated
complaint in the U. S. District Court, adding nine financial
institutions, two law firms, and other new individual defendants
in its lawsuit against senior executives of the Enron Corporation
and Arthur Andersen. |
| Apr. 2002 |
UC recalls its Education
Abroad Program students studying in Israel due to escalated
violence in the Middle East. |
| Apr. 2002 |
France Córdova
named seventh chancellor of UC Riverside. |
| Apr. 2002 |
Governor Davis signs
legislation providing funding for the California Institutes
for Science and Innovation and for construction of the first
classroom building at UC Merced. |
| May 2002 |
UC Washington Center
officially dedicated. |
| May 2002 |
California Latino
Legislative Caucus honors President Atkinson in the State Capitol
Rotunda for his dedication in preserving academic quality and
excellence. |
| May 2002 |
Regents vote to extend
to eligible UC employees with domestic partners the same retirement
benefits offered married UC employees. |
| May 2002 |
Presidential Medal
awarded to Richard A. Lerner, M.D., president of the Scripps
Research Institute, for his efforts in the creation of the California
Institutes for Science and Innovation. |
| May 2002 |
Universitywide Assembly
of the Academic Senate votes 47-0 (with one abstention) to approve
the Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools' recommendation
of the use of a core achievement examination in admissions that
measures mastery of fundamental disciplines needed for success
in higher education. |
| June 2002 |
Michael R. Anastasio
named ninth director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. |
| June 2002 |
UC suspends its Fall 2002 Education
Abroad Program in India due to mounting tensions between India
and Pakistan. |
| June 2002 |
The College Board trustees unanimously vote
to develop a new SAT I. This new test will be in accord with
the specifications developed earlier in the year by UC's Board
of Admissions and Relations with Schools. |
| June 2002 |
Cesar Chavez Day in March officially designated
a universitywide holiday to honor the late California farm workers'
labor leader. |
| July 2002 |
UC and various sister institutions announce
the creation of the Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter--an
international multicampus organization to promote transdisciplinary
collaborations between physical and biological scientists worldwide. |
| Aug. 2002 |
President Atkinson honored by the American
Psychological Association with its Outstanding Lifetime Contribution
to Psychology Award. |
| Aug. 2002 |
President Atkinson announces his intention
to convene a forum of experts to explore issues of academic
standards and freedom, free speech, and constitutional law to
help guide the University on the subject of standards for course
descriptions. |
| Sept. 2002 |
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
celebrates the 50th anniversary of its founding; Presidential
Medals are awarded to its second director, Edward Teller, its
third director, Harold Brown, its fourth director, John S. Foster,
Jr., and its fifth director, Michael M. May. |
| Sept. 2002 |
The UC San Diego
School of Pharmacy welcomes its first class of 25 Doctor of
Pharmacy Students. |
| Oct. 2002 |
Carol Tomlinson-Keasey inaugurated as the
first chancellor of the University of California, Merced. |
| Nov. 2002 |
President Atkinson announces his intention
to retire October 1, 2003. |
|
| Nov. 2002 |
Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools
issues report finding the comprehensive review policy, adopted
in November 2001, has been implemented successfully and has
maintained the academic strength of the freshman class. |
| Nov. 2002 |
Managers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
fire two employees responsible for investigating the loss or
theft of government property. |
| Dec. 2002 |
Governor Davis proposes $74 million in mid-year
funding cuts for UC in response to a State budget deficit estimated
at more than $21 billion. |
| Dec. 2002 |
A special review team appointed in November
by President recommends nine actions the Los Alamos National
Laboratory should take regarding allegations of the loss or
theft of government property and other business practice issues. |
| Dec. 2002 |
The Board of Regents adopts mid-year cuts
in non-instructional areas of the university's budget and approves
a $135-per-quarter student fee increase that will take effect
with the spring 2003 term (the first increase in mandatory systemwide
student fees in eight years). |
Jan. 2003 |
John C. Browne resigns as director of the
Los Alamos National Laboratory; George P. Nanos appointed Interim
Director; John McTague resigns as Vice President--Laboratory Management;
Senior Vice President Bruce B. Darling appointed Interim Vice
President--Laboratory Management. |
| Jan. 2003 |
Governor Davis proposes nearly $300 million
in new State funding cuts for UC as part of his 2003-04 State
budget proposal. |
| Jan. 2003 |
The two investigators fired from the Los
Alamos National Laboratory are placed under contract to the
UC Office of the President at their former salary, retroactive
to the date of their dismissal. |
Feb. 2003 |
Senior Vice President Bruce Darling testifies
before the House Energy & Commerce Committee's Subcommittee
on Oversight & Investigations on issues related to the business
and management practices at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
|
| Mar. 2003 |
Regents' meeting postponed due to concerns
over the start of the war in Iraq. |
|
| Mar. 2003 |
Senior Vice President Bruce Darling testifies
for a second time before the House Energy & Commerce Committee's
Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations on issues related
to the business and management practices at the Los Alamos National
Laboratory. |
|
| Apr. 2003 |
The Los Alamos National Laboratory celebrates
its 60th anniversary; Presidential Medal awarded to Harold M.
Agnew, third director of the Laboratory. |
|
| Apr. 2003 |
An external review team hired by the University
to independently investigate procurement practices at Los Alamos
National Laboratory issues its report recommending a number
of corrective actions, in addition to those already implemented
by UC and the Laboratory. |
|
| Apr. 2003 |
UC recalls students from its Education Abroad
Program in China due to concerns about Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS). |
|
| Apr. 2003 |
U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham announces
his intention to open the Los Alamos National Laboratory contract
for competition in 2005. |
|
| Apr. 2003 |
The California Digital Library unveils a
new state-of-the-art online catalog of the millions of books,
journals, etc. held by the ten campus' libraries. |
|
| Apr. 2003 |
UC and the Monterey Institute of International
Studies enter into preliminary discussions with respect to the
Institute becoming part of the University. |
|
| May 2003 |
President Atkinson, Senior Vice President
Bruce Darling, Vice President Anne Broome, and University Auditor
Patrick Reed testify before the House Energy & Commerce
Committee's Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations on
issues related to the Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
|
| May 2003 |
President Atkinson selected to receive the
Vannevar Bush Award from the National Science Board for his
lifetime contributions to the nation in science and technology. |
|
| May 2003 |
The Office of the President issues guidelines
to assist campus officials in ensuring compliance with Centers
for Disease Control recommendations regarding Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome (SARS). |
|
| May 2003 |
In his May Revision, Governor Davis proposes
no additional budget cuts for the University beyond those proposed
in January. |
|
| May 2003 |
The Board of Regents vote 15-3, with one
abstention, to oppose the state ballot initiative, Classification
by Race, Ethnicity, Color or National Origin (CRECNO), that
would prohibit the use of racial classification by local governments
and public entities. |
|
| May 2003 |
President Atkinson announces his intention
to appoint George P. Nanos the permanent director of the Los
Alamos National Laboratory. |
|
| June 2003 |
President Atkinson awarded the University
of Chicago Alumni Medal. |
| June 2003 |
Regents announce the selection of Robert
C. Dynes as the eighteenth president of the University. |
| July 2003 |
In the face of an increasingly dire State
budget crisis, the Regents vote to raise 2003-04 student fees
25 percent above their current level and to give President Atkinson
authority to increase the fee hike to 30 percent if the state's
budget situation requires it. |
| July 2003 |
Regents approve amendment to the Faculty
Code of Conduct prohibiting faculty from entering into consensual
romantic or sexual relationships with any student for whom
the faculty member has, or is likely to have, academic responsibility. |
| July 2003 |
Regents approve changes in the University's
admissions test policy so that admissions tests taken by freshmen
entering the University of California in 2006 will be more closely
aligned to the high school curriculum. |
| July 2003 |
George P. Nanos named seventh director of
the Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
| July 2003 |
Presidential Medal awarded to Senior Vice
President Bruce B. Darling. |
| July 2003 |
The State Legislature adopts a 2003-04 State
budget that will lead to deep cuts in non-instructional programs
at the University of California, a 30 percent student fee increase,
a one-year delay in the opening of UC Merced, and no funding
for salary increases for faculty and staff. Additionally, the
Legislature indicates the State will not provide funding in
2004-05 for student enrollment growth, employee salary increases,
or other inflationary cost increases at UC. |
| Aug. 2003 |
UC and Eolas Technologies, Inc. win a verdict
against Microsoft Corporation in a patent infringement suit
and are awarded $520.6 million in damages. |
| Sept. 2003 |
Due to deep budget cuts, UC is unable to
consider the applications of about 1,500 California Community
College transfer students and 100 freshmen seeking Winter admission
and refunds all application fees to the affected students. |
| Sept. 2003 |
BOARS issues report saying that measures
of academic excellence have grown stronger under the comprehensive
review policy. The proportions of students admitted to selective
campuses from low-income families, families with no previous
experience with college, low-performing schools and rural areas
are also higher than before the policy was implemented in 2001. |
| Sept. 2003 |
President Atkinson presents, as a personal
gift to the University, the Richard C. Atkinson Photographic
Archive–a collection of 450 photographs by noted
photographer Alan Nyiri documenting the architecture found on
UC’s campuses. |
| Oct. 2003 |
President Atkinson retires as the University of California’s 17th president.
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