The University of California may not return to normal operations until September 2021 or later, a UC Health official said at the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday.

The University of California announced plans to phase out single-use plastics on campuses by 2023, as part of the University’s plan to achieve zero waste.
The policy will eliminate the use of plastic bags in dining and retail locations by Jan.

A UCLA student government official is the next president of the University of California Student Association.
Representatives for all nine undergraduate campuses unanimously elected Aidan Arasasingham, a rising fourth-year global studies student, as the next UCSA president during their board meeting Saturday.

The Board of Regents governs the University of California system. They generally meet for one to three days every two months and vote on decisions such as housing and tuition.

On April 17, California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Tom Steyer, a former 2020 presidential candidate, as chief advisor to the governor on business and jobs recovery.

The University of California Board of Regents, the governing body of the UC, met for their July bi-monthly meeting via teleconference from Tuesday to Thursday. The board discussed university policing, the Thirty Meter Telescope and student and faculty diversity.

Hundreds of protesters chanted in Westwood on Sunday in solidarity with protesters in Portland, Oregon.
The Black Lives Matter Los Angeles Chapter organized the protest, held at the Federal Building on Wilshire Boulevard, to show their opposition to federal police stationed in Portland.

Incoming international students taking only online courses will not be able to enter the United States.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Friday that students who enroll in a U.S.

This post was updated July 14 at 4:56 p.m.
The federal government rescinded a policy Tuesday that would have forced international students taking only online classes to leave the United States.

The University of California plans to sue the federal government over new regulations that could require international students to leave the United States.
The UC announced Wednesday that they plan to sue the Department of Homeland Security for directing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to modify their temporary exemptions for the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.