#ucalifornia — Public Fediverse posts

Update. Here's the announcement from the American Association of University Professors (#AAUP), a co-plaintiff in the case.
https://www.aaup.org/news/win-aaup-v-trump-court-blocks-attacks-university-california-system

"Friday’s decision orders a stop to the Trump administration’s illegal weaponization of civil rights laws and federal funding to restrict free speech on UC campuses. During the hearing on the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction, the court noted the overwhelming evidence plaintiffs provided, which included numerous declarations from UC faculty and staff describing how the administration’s actions have chilled their rights of speech and association."

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #UCalifornia #Universities

"Federal judge sides with #UCalifornia employees in free speech lawsuit against Trump administration."
https://www.dailycal.org/news/uc/federal-judge-sides-with-uc-employees-in-free-speech-lawsuit-against-trump-administration/article_e3b28762-0801-49c7-ae1e-4f50c56d76a6.html

"In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Rita F. Lin ordered the federal government to cease threats of withholding federal funding, as well as to 'address Plaintiffs’ irreparable harm and to restore the status quo.' "

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #AAUP #Censorship #DefendResearch #FirstAmendment #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USLaw #USPol #USPolitics #Universities

Update. The #UCalifornia Academic Council unanimously called on the UC President and Regents "to unequivocally reject governmental demands that compromise institutional autonomy and academic freedom."
https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/reports/council-chair-to-president-council-statement-ucla-demand-letter.pdf

#Academia #AcademicFreedom #AcademicMastodon #Censorship #DefendResearch #Trump #TrumpVResearch #USPol #USPolitics #Universities

@kevinrns Neither.

#JeffreyEpstein is from #NewYork and attended #math classes at Cooper Union (open admission) and #NYU (didn’t graduate) before being hired to teach #Mathematics to teenage girls and boys by the father of #BillBarr (who was the Attorney General when #Epstein died mysteriously in federal prison). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein

The #Unabomber is from #Chicago and graduated from #Harvard and #UMichigan before he was hired by #UCalifornia #Berkeley. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski

Worth watching:
https://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2024/01/california-universities-partner-with-wiley-on-landmark-open-access-agreement/

"The University of California’s 2023 agreement with #Wiley broke new ground on another priority for UC faculty: author rights. As part of this new agreement, Wiley will make a good faith effort to develop a new global license to publish agreement over the next six months. The goal, except for limited use-cases, is for authors to retain unrestricted rights to their own work."

#Copyright #RightsRetention, #UCalifornia