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In a wide-ranging online appearance Thursday evening hosted by a Los Angeles-based Jewish civic group, Frenk said the University of California was still considering suing the Trump administration over its August demand that UCLA pay a $1.2-billion fine and make sweeping changes in its diversity programs, admissions practices and policies governing gender identity on campus and international students. But, for now, he said, UC officials are negotiating with the Department of Justice

Outrage flared last week about the University of California's capitulation to this era's resurgent McCarthyism, as news spread that the university has provided the names of at least 160 students, faculty members, and staff at the University of California, Berkeley, to federal officials who - under the guise of investigating "alleged antisemitic incidents" - are scrutinizing people who have expressed opposition to Israel's genocide in Gaza.

UC "receives over $17 billion per year from the federal government - $9.9 billion in Medicare and Medicaid funding, $5.7 billion in research funding, and $1.9 billion in student financial aid per year," Milliken wrote in the letter addressed to Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), chair of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee. If such funds were lost, Milliken wrote, "we would need at least $4-5 billion per year to minimize the damage."

Top UC leaders will attempt to negotiate a settlement with the federal government and have identified guardrails to protect the nation's premier public university system after the Trump administration cut more than half a billion dollars in UCLA research grants and demanded a $1-billion fine to atone for antisemitism, according to high-placed UC officials. The talks with the Justice Department are just beginning and so far involve 10 of the 24 UC regents, including chair Janet Reilly and UC President James B. Milliken. The group held its first publicly announced meeting last week after an emergency convening of all regents Aug. 11.

The Trump administration is demanding that the University of California pay more than $1 billion to settle federal charges of antisemitism in exchange for restoring more than half a billion dollars in frozen grant funding to UCLA.

The University of California system admitted its largest number of California students ever, totaling 100,947 first-year students, resulting in a 77% admission rate among applicants.

UC regents are considering tuition increases amidst financial uncertainty, with the possibility of reducing financial aid funding from those revenues.

In a letter to chancellors, UC President Michael Drake stated that "boycotts of companies based on their association with a particular country" violated university policy.

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the University of California for potential violations of civil rights law connected to its pursuit of diverse faculty hires.

The Trump administration has depicted diversity initiatives as a form of discrimination, stating that practices assessing new hires by race and sex risk violating federal laws.

"The city had purchased a supply of firefighting equipment including shovels, rakes, and electric lanterns, to prepare for the upcoming wildfire season, as reported in June 1925."

The event celebrated the awarding of 2,250 degrees at the University of California's 62nd annual commencement, reflecting the vibrancy of the occasion with a festive atmosphere.