Many of us have had to install Secure Connect, also known as Trellix, or find circuitous routes to avoid it. Science reports on the dangers of Trellix and other end point detection software, as well as faculty pushing back – including CUCFA and the American Association of University Professors. Many faculty have argued that Trellix poses […]
Category: letter to administration
Request for transparency over release of personal information to federal agencies
See below our letter to UC San Diego leadership, also copied to UC leadership systemwide: September 16, 2025 Office of the Chancellor University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr #0005 La Jolla, CA 92093 Dear Chancellor Khosla and Campus Counsel Park, Recently, it was reported that the University of California Office of the […]
SDFA Statement on Student Protests
The San Diego Faculty Association and the undersigned faculty are shocked and outraged by UC San Diego’s decision to send riot police, including off-campus law enforcement, to arrest student protesters on May 6. Monday, on the first day of Justice in Palestine week, riot police arrested dozens of student protesters and medical personnel before any […]
Health Plan Costs: UC Union Coalition Follows Up with UCOP
We write to follow up on our message to you of October 31, 2023, in which the Council of UC Faculty Associations raised the alarm regarding the sudden, drastic increase in healthcare benefits costs to employees during Open Enrollment. 1600 faculty signed onto CUCFA’s October 30 letter protesting these increases, while an additional 400 faculty […]
Request for delay of start of quarter
Campuses across the country are moving to remote teaching. Dozens of campuses are postponing the start of spring quarter to give faculty, students and staff time to make that move. The Council of UC Faculty Associations has asked President Napolitano and the Chancellors for that same flexibility: March 16, 2020 TO: President Janet Napolitano […]