- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
At a gathering on the west lawn of the state Capitol on Monday, University of California President Mark G. Yudof called the Morrill Act, signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, "A catalyst that transformed the United States." The legislation provided federal land to states to build universities that would extend to more Americans educational opportunities in agriculture and the mechanical arts. The act launched the University of California.
Los Angeles Times reporter Patt Morrison moderated a panel discussion at the event, and wrote a post about the Morrill Act sesquicentennial on the newspaper's
- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
UC President Mark Yudof said UC benefits all Californians, not only the students who attend the universities or the communities where campuses are located, writer Larry Mitchell reported in the Chico Enterprise-Record.
"The UC trains doctors at its medical schools, and it provides programs like UC Cooperative Extension, which helps farmers," the story paraphrased Yudof, who was in Chico Tuesday to speak to meetings of the Chico Chamber of Commerce and the Chico Rotary Club.
Yudof has been traveling around the state to dispel "myths" about the University of...
