Larry Conrad to become next campus CIO
The campus announced the appointment of Larry Conrad as Berkeley’s next Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Friday. Read More…
Category Archives: Notes from the Field
University of Washington snarkily supports new UC logo
While the response to the new UC logo certainly hasn’t been positive, the move did win the support of the some folks at the University of Washington. Read More…
Supreme Court agrees to take up cases on gay marriage
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case on the constitutionality of Proposition 8 – the measure banning gay marriage in the state of California, the court announced Friday. Read More…
Crime in Berkeley: Nov. 25 — Dec. 1
The following is a sample of crime in Berkeley from Nov. 25 — Dec. 1, provided by the Berkeley Police Department. Read More…
STEM Act passes in House of Representatives
The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill that would eliminate the current diversity visa program and will instead reallocate green cards to foreign postgraduate students attending American universities. Read More…
Student loan debt on the rise, says report
The amount of outstanding student loans is on the rise according to a report released in November by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Read More…
MBA50 ranks Haas ninth best business school in America
UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business was ranked the ninth best business school in the nation, according to a list released by MBA50.com. MBA50, a website focused on business schools, released the rankings on Nov. 20, keeping Haas in the same position as in 2011. “We know we have a Read More…
Crime in Berkeley: Nov. 18 — Nov. 24
The following is a sample of crime in Berkeley from Nov. 18 — Nov. 24, provided by the Berkeley Police Department. Read More…
Weekly business rundown: Week of Nov. 26
The city of Berkeley sees a number of business openings and closures during the course of a year. Here is a brief update on recent happenings in local business. Read More…
Annotated agenda for Nov. 27 Berkeley City Council meeting
At Tuesday’s 7 p.m. meeting, the Berkeley City Council will be addressing a number of topics, namely a controversial issue about adopting a resolution that would find the Perfect Plants Patient’s Group to be a public nuisance. Read More…