[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VtdEEtJgyo&w=560&h=345] As part of an annual roundtable discussion covering public issues, UC Berkeley hosted a panel titled “9/11 Ten Years Later: How Did the Attack Change America?” Thursday evening to address shifts in economic, domestic and military affairs that occurred as a result of the tragedy. The Robert T. Read More…
Diane Kwon, a former UC Berkeley women’s golf team member known for her bright personality on and off the course, died Tuesday at her Fremont home of unknown causes. She was 21 years old. Kwon competed with the Bears for two seasons from 2008 to 2009 — during which she Read More…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USN2h0Sjtus&w=560&h=345] UC Berkeley senior Osaama Saifi jokes, “Being named Osaama, I have a connection to 9/11.” But although Saifi takes the link lightly, he said he has been perceived differently as a Muslim in America since 9/11. Saifi is a youth leader for the San Francisco chapter of the Read More…
A man known as the “last, wild Indian” who died in 1916 was remembered Wednesday for his contributions as the cultural ambassador and representative of the Native American population in California. The late Native American figure and educator Ishi was honored by UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau, faculty members and Read More…
UC Berkeley undergraduate Christopher Zahuta, known for his heart and humor, died in Haiti on July 17 after falling from a roof while sleeping three days prior. He was 20. Zahuta had been building schools with the nonprofit organization All Hands International in Leogane, Haiti, for over a month before Read More…
At a hearing Friday, a small claims court ruled that a recent UC Berkeley graduate will be required to turn over more than $700 in court costs to a UC Berkeley professor he had previously sued over his campus student conduct proceedings. As a result of the ruling, Josh Wolf Read More…
After securing funding for a zero-waste research center that will study where waste on campus is coming from, UC Berkeley plans to eliminate all waste on campus by the year 2020. Read More…
This fall, UC Berkeley will begin a year-long program for students that will allow them to download Adobe software packages for free as part of an agreement with the company that will cost the campus about $500,000. Beginning Sept. 6, students will be able to download the Adobe Creative Suite Read More…
A small group of demonstrators bearing signs and chanting slogans gathered in front of California Hall today, demanding that Gov. Jerry Brown sign AB 131, otherwise known as the second part of California DREAM Act. Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Harry Le Grande briefly addressed the Read More…
UC Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu was sworn in to the Supreme Court of California today at a ceremony on the State Capitol, after having been confirmed at a hearing yesterday. Liu received unanimous confirmation from a three-member panel at a hearing in San Francisco yesterday in front of the Read More…
