UC president: Proposed research bond critical for scientific progress | Opinion

By James B. Milliken Special to McClatchy Media For the past year and a half, the University of California and our 10 campuses have faced an onslaught of lawsuits, enforcement actions, investigations and threats from the federal government, including attempts to cut and freeze hundreds of millions of dollars in medical and scientific research funding. Though some […]

Proposed California bond measure would reverse federal research cuts | Opinion

This article was originally published in the Sacramento Bee By Betsy Hoover Special to The Sacramento Bee In the summer of 2022, I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer that had spread to my spine. I was also 24 weeks pregnant with our family’s fourth child. Terrified, my husband and I began sorting through options. We found […]