UC Berkeley places third in world university ranking
Andrew Kuo/Senior Staff
UC Berkeley placed third in the Academic Ranking of World Universities out of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Read More…
UC Berkeley alumni to start Bollywood-themed fitness program at RSF
Three generations of UC Berkeley alumni, brought together by campus’ eccentric dance community, will soon be starting a Bollywood-themed dance class at the RSF. Read More…
Boston was a city of firsts for our group’s ‘last’ trip
As a Californian, sometimes I forget that our involvement with the history of the United States doesn’t go back very far. California, a late 19th century state, is one of those middle children of the U.S. family. The East Coast — the older sisters — is where what we know as the United Read More…
10 ways to avoid Cal Day
For all of us who shrink from the premise of human contact, Cal Day isn’t necessarily the most exciting time of year. The massive number of people jammed into the normally vast Sproul can bring out that inner sense of claustrophobia you held in as a child, and if you’re Read More…
UC Berkeley places fifth in worldwide reputation rankings
UC Berkeley is one of the five most reputable universities in the world according to a recent rankings report published by Times Higher Education Monday. Read More…
Fossil fuel middle ground
UNIVERSITY ISSUES: In light of the ASUC Senate’s call to divest from the fossil fuel industry, UC officials should consider creating a special fund.
The ASUC Senate took a laudable step toward environmental responsibility by passing a bill to divest any of its funds from the fossil fuel industry. Yet such divestment on a UC systemwide scale, which the bill also recommends, is not the most prudent move for the university. As a matter Read More…
The Ivy League’s Asian problem
The Devil's Advocate
Last month, the gatekeepers to some of America’s top colleges gathered at a four-star hotel in Los Angeles to discuss what The Chronicle of Higher Education called “the next frontier” in college admissions: the evaluation of applicants’ “noncognitive” attributes. Put less glamorously, the assembled admissions experts brainstormed ways for the admissions process Read More…
Jesus’ potential main squeeze
Religiously Inclined
A tiny scrap of papyrus is creating quite the buzz lately. Last Tuesday, Harvard Divinity School professor Karen King made public the text of this tentatively authentic fragment, which includes an alleged quote from Jesus saying the phrase “My wife …” followed by, “She will be able to be my disciple.” Read More…
UC Berkeley joins Harvard, MIT in program providing free online classes
UC Berkeley is joining Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to make university courses available to anyone with Internet access. Read More…
Study reveals people most often choose first option presented
A recently published study co-authored by a UC Berkeley Haas School of Business assistant professor finds that humans express implicit preferences for the first experience in a series of two or more presented options. Read More…