The voice of the campus is about to change. In June, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will step down and make way for Nicholas Dirks, the former executive vice president and dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Columbia University. Birgeneau, who became the campus’s ninth chancellor in September 2004, Read More…
The ASUC Judicial Council lifted its gag order on a case regarding the settlement of charges against controversial Senate bill SB 160 on Tuesday. Read More…
Audio engineer John Meyer of Meyer Sound discusses Memorial Stadium’s new sound system.
When Dirks assumes office on June 1, he may find an unlikely ally in Brown at a time in which state funding has fallen to constitute just over 10 percent of UC Berkeley’s budget. Read More…
With a long white beard and casual plaid shirt, Berkeley resident John Meyer may not look like a renowned expert of sound technology. Over the last 33 years, Meyer has been commissioned to build speakers for some of the biggest names in the Bay — from the band the Grateful Read More…
About 15 protesters dressed in black and holding flower-adorned coffins held a “Funeral for Worker’s Rights” on Sproul Plaza Thursday morning in protest of proposed cuts to UC workers’ benefits.
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Around 40 UC Berkeley students traveled to Sacramento to join a group of 2,000 protesters demonstrating in the March for Higher Education, a lobbying effort to increase state funding for universities and community colleges.
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UC President Mark Yudof has dismissed criticism that the UC is a dangerously politicized institution, according to letter correspondence released last week between his office and the California Association of Scholars. Read More…
UC Berkeley launched an online survey in an effort to gauge the quality of the campus climate on Tuesday.
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UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will lead a national initiative to study and support public universities following his retirement as chancellor in June. Read More…
