UC Berkeley has a new honor code. The wording is brief and to the point – “As a member of the UC Berkeley community, I act with honesty, integrity, and respect for others.” Although college campuses across the country have adopted various forms of honor codes, Berkeley is the first Read More…
UC Berkeley unveiled a new honor code Monday that aims to promote awareness of the importance of academic honesty and integrity in the campus community. Read More…
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 physicists held the panel discussion, “The Higgs Boson Explained: What is the Higgs and Why is Everyone So Excited About it?,” to explain the Higgs boson, a newfound elementary particle that had been theorized over for more than 50 years. Read More…
UC Berkeley physicists involved in the search for the Higgs boson will hold a free public lecture and panel discussion Friday at noon. 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…
A campus initiative with $1.5 million allocated for UC Berkeley professor salary increases is scheduled for implementation this year and will operate until 2015. The Targeted Decoupling Initiative, which will affect approximately 180 to 200 professors, will increase faculty’s salaries in an effort to reduce the campus’s number of retention Read More…
UC Berkeley students interested in exploring the world of educational possibilities will have another door open to them — the Big Ideas course program. The program, to be launched in the 2012-13 academic year, will include courses that take a basic concept or question and analyze it through different disciplines, Read More…
