About a dozen protesters continue to occupy the steps and facade of the Berkeley post office despite ongoing requests from the United States Postal Service Inspection Service to move off of the post office’s property. Read More…
UC Berkeley economics professor Martha Olney and her wife have been together for 30 years but during all that time she has been unable to extend her UC health benefits to her wife without paying taxes on the cost of those benefits. Read More…
Academic papers published by UC researchers will be available for free through eScholarship, a UC scholarly publishing service, starting in November. Read More…
A study published last week by a group of four researchers, two of which were from UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, showed that admissions officers and hiring managers are prone to correspondence bias—ignoring situational context and judging applicants on the same criteria despite differing circumstances. Read More…
Berkeley City Council is looking to crack down on the development of “mini-dorms” — privately owned houses that are converted into dorm-style housing for students — by enacting a new ordinance that would limit their development. Read More…
A new application developed by UC Berkeley researchers will harness mobile phones — thousands of mini-computers that often lie idle — to be used in tandem as the equivalent of a multimillion-dollar supercomputer. Read More…
The UC Berkeley School of Information announced a new online graduate degree, the first of its kind, in data science Wednesday. Read More…
The UC Board of Regents appointed UC Berkeley senior Sadia Saifuddin as student regent-designate at its meeting Wednesday, despite some controversy over her selection. Read More…
The UC Board of Regents entered the second day of its three-day meeting at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus Wednesday morning, approving the appointment of UC Berkeley senior Sadia Saifuddin as student regent designate. Read More…
The University of California and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 remain deadlocked in contract negotiations following a meeting Thursday. Read More…
