Randy Schekman, a UC Berkeley professor of molecular and cell biology, has been awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research revealing the mechanisms that release proteins in human cells. Read More…
Following the closure of Kroeber Hall during the Sept. 14th Ohio State game, Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and the Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate will review policies governing how campus space is used by commercial enterprises. Read More…
The recently renovated Memorial Stadium’s new foundation may stand rock solid, but the same could not be said for the financing plan to cover the project’s roughly $320 million in costs. In spite of Cal Athletics’ and the campus administration’s best efforts to bring the stadium’s finances back onto a Read More…
As Barbour and the rest of the Cal administration hunted for a new head coach last winter, a commitment to academic excellence in potential candidates became just as crucial as a vision for athletic success. Enter Sonny Dykes. Dykes, the head coach at Louisiana Tech, impressed Barbour with his commitment to academics. Read More…
With gray skies overhead and a somber crowd sitting before him, Chancellor Nicholas Dirks asked for a moment of silence to reflect on the UC Berkeley community members who had died in the past year. Read More…
Chatting for about an hour with The Daily Californian’s Senior Editorial Board on Saturday, Dirks spoke frankly about a wide variety of topics, ranging from the campus’s policy toward student protests to the reasons behind firing former Cal football coach Jeff Tedford. Dirks seems like he has what it takes to keep the campus afloat in a time of uncertainty, but for now we’ll just have to wait and see.
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Welcome Cal students! To those new to the campus, we are delighted you have chosen to come to UC Berkeley and join the exceptional scholars, world-class researchers and uniquely talented individuals who make up our campus community. Along with being students at UC Berkeley, you are now part of a Read More…
The U.S. Department of Education has dismissed a complaint against UC Berkeley that alleged that the campus did not do enough to curb a hostile campus climate created by student protests against Israel’s policies. Read More…
Chancellor Nicholas Dirks introduced a number of programs and initiatives to be implemented during his first year at UC Berkeley in a press conference Monday afternoon. Read More…
Walking around Berkeley, you will likely meet a wide host of characters. From classmates to custodians, from city officials to campus administrators, the faces of Berkeley are numerous and varied. Below we have included some of the more prominent figures you are like to see or read about both on campus and around the city of Berkeley. Read More…