The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism announced Tuesday that it has chosen Edward Wasserman as its new dean, concluding a six-month search that began in December 2011. Wasserman, who is currently the John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism Ethics at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, will Read More…
The National Dream University will offer for the first time a year-long, nationally-accredited certificate to students interested in learning about immigration and labor rights. Read More…
Berkeley Police Department has selected longtime Officer Jennifer Coats as its new department spokesperson. Coats, who has been an officer with the department for 15 years, has served as a member of the operations division since 1998. She will replace Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, who stepped down as spokesperson on June Read More…
Members of the Berkeley community gathered at Berkeley City Hall Monday to protest a recommendation that would place a measure that prohibits sitting on the city’s sidewalks on the November ballot. The demonstration against the Civil Sidewalks Ballot Measure, which could make sitting on sidewalks in commercial districts between 7 Read More…
UC Berkeley’s transition from CalMail to new Google email and calendar applications is now underway, with orientations to assist users in migration to the new platforms beginning next week. Lyle Nevels, campus interim associate vice chancellor for Information Technology and chief information officer, revealed the scheduled rollout for the Google Read More…
A body of work created in the 1960s by renowned photographer Ansel Adams is returning to the public eye and challenging incoming UC Berkeley students to reimagine the future of the public institution they will be attending this fall. Adams’ collection of photographs will be part of this year’s On Read More…
Though gauging the relative danger of Berkeley’s streets remains difficult, data obtained from the police records shows that well over a hundred bicycle-involved collisions typically occur each year. Read More…
Seth Rosenfeld, UC Berkeley alumnus, was asked by his editor at The Daily Cal to look into FBI activities on campus in the 1960s and 1970s, he ended up embarking on a quest that would last more than three decades and culminate in his soon to be published book. Read More…
The price spike has pushed prices to over $4 per gallon, with some Berkeley gas stations reporting a wholesale price increase of as much as 50 cents per gallon. Read More…
About 90 protesters gathered Tuesday at the steps of the post office to voice support for a Berkeley City Council recommendation that asks the postal service to rethink its plan to sell the historic building. Read More…
