The former chair of the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate began his term this fall in a newly created associate dean position in the campus College of Letters and Science as part of an initiative begun by the college in 2010 to analyze the effectiveness of its undergraduate education. Read More…
UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering is planning to create a new minor in engineering design aimed at giving students more opportunities for hands-on education and experience. Read More…
Reading The Daily Californian article “Cal Athletics receives $10 million donation for programs, infrastructure,” it is apparent that Cal is lucky to have such generous benefactors as Lisa and Doug Goldman. Past donations from the Goldman family supported the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley as well as Read More…
In an effort to increase involvement in the UC Berkeley campus community during the selection process for the next chancellor, six members of the selection committee heard feedback from students, faculty and staff at a public forum Thursday. Campus community members expressed concern over the confidential nature of the search Read More…
UC Berkeley announced Tuesday it will be the recipient of a $60 million grant from the Simons Foundation to establish a theoretical computing center on campus. The new center, called the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, will be housed in Calvin Hall and will begin operations in 2013. Read More…
In a bid to improve UC Berkeley libraries while mitigating fiscal deficits, library administrators have tasked teams of employees with exploring ways to continue library services and expand digital access to information in a more streamlined way. After presenting the teams’ proposals to the Library Committee of the Berkeley Division Read More…
After walking through a silent protest of about 50 students holding signs expressing “no confidence” in senior administrators Monday, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau gave his account of the administration’s response to the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests in front of about 300 faculty members. “I apologize again, and as chancellor take Read More…
Next Monday’s special meeting of the Berkeley Division of the Academic will hear two alternative proposals stemming from the police use of force at the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstration, in addition to the original proposal calling for a vote of no confidence in senior administrators and their handling of Read More…