Yellen holds a position as Professor Emerita of Economics at the Haas School of Business and if appointed, she would be both the first female and UC Berkeley professor to serve as chair. Read More…
After laughing and chatting in close knit circles it’s finally time for a group of Nigerian state legislators, in the living room of UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy, to hear the day’s lecture — a lecture which aims to bring them one step closer to implementing better public policies in their state. Read More…
For those of you who are midterm-submerged, cheeks-still-bulging-from-Taco-Tuesday fare, the Clog has come to fill your political fix. To help you make those A+ contributions to your discussion (or impress that attractive poli sci GSI), we’ve compiled a list of the most important takeaways from the Federal Budget panel Wednesday Read More…
The Berkeley Forum hosted a panel on the federal fiscal crisis Wednesday evening, bringing together prominent speakers from both ends of the political spectrum to discuss pressing political and economic issues facing the nation. Read More…
Following a 23-year-long career with UC Berkeley, Bruce Cain, formerly a campus professor of political science and executive director of the UC Washington Center, left campus earlier this year for a position at Stanford University. Read More…
UC Riverside announced the opening of a new graduate school of public policy on Monday, with hopes that the program will become a center for training real-world policymakers uniquely equipped to work in Southern California.
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University of California advocates have at least one reason to be optimistic heading into the 2012 election season: a strong majority of Californians support Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax proposal that would prevent cuts to UC in 2013, according to a recent statewide survey. The survey — released Tuesday by the Read More…
After the resignation of former UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Dean Neil Henry last summer, the search for the new dean has begun, campus administrators announced Wednesday. In an email sent to academic titles, deans, directors and department chairs, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer invited nominations and applications for Read More…
Campus deans and student leaders will meet Tuesday for the second installment of the Future of Public Universities forum, which will feature five speakers who will discuss the roles of taxation, citizenship and protest in the current higher education financial crisis. The forum — which will take place from noon Read More…
