Ailya Naqvi

Thursday, November 15, 2012

German bilingual school resides in historical building in Berkeley Hills

The German International School of Silicon Valley currently offers a bilingual education for kindergarteners to fifth graders, and it has recently moved into the former site of BUSD's Hillside School.

Tucked away in the leafy Berkeley Hills, a newly relocated school has added to the air of multicultural diversity in the school system. With a cozy cottage-like feel, Berkeley’s historic Hillside site no longer bears empty hallways but instead provides a haven for families looking for bilingual education for their
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Notes from the Field

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Weekly business rundown: Week of Nov. 26

The city of Berkeley sees a number of business openings and closures during the course of a year. Here is a brief update on recent happenings in local business.
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Campus

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

UC Berkeley ranks second in number of Fulbright Scholars among public research institutions

UC Berkeley produced the second-highest number of Fulbright grant recipients among research institutions in the United States during the 2012-2013 year, according to recently released rankings.
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Election 2012

Thursday, October 25, 2012

ASUC Vote Coalition registers 8,000 students to vote

Over the course of an almost six-month-long voter registration campaign, the ASUC Vote Coalition registered more than 8,000 students to vote, officials announced Wednesday — thousands fewer than their original goal. As of Wednesday, the nonpartisan coalition housed in the ASUC Office of the External Affairs Vice President had registered
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Notes from the Field

Sunday, October 7, 2012

UC Berkeley-affiliated educators aim to change K-12 STEM curriculum

A group of California-based education advocates will convene later this month to discuss possible changes to the state’s science, technology, engineering and math education curriculum, following discussions with educators and faculty affiliated with UC Berkeley. The California STEM Learning Network, a group launched to advocate for better STEM education at
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City

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Power outage thwarts students’ daily routines

A power outage from a failed substation cable rattled routines and disrupted studying for many students Monday night. The outage first struck at 9:38 p.m. and affected more than 12,000 PG&E customers throughout Berkeley.
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Campus

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

California’s three strikes law debated on campus

The associate director of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and a father whose daughter was murdered in 1993 debated the validity of Proposition 36 in Wheeler Auditorium Wednesday.
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Campus

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

UC Berkeley receives bomb threat, believed to be hoax

UCPD responded to a suspicious call regarding a bomb threat on campus Tuesday morning, though no suspicious materials had been identified as of 2 p.m.
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Research & Ideas

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Paper on fungi co-authored by UC Berkeley professors reaches 10,000 citations

John Taylor and Tom Bruns, professors of plant and microbial biology in the campus College of Natural Resources, celebrated reaching 10,000 citations of a 1990 publication on the subject they helped co-author.
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Campus

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Berkeley College Republicans commemorate September 11

The Berkeley College Republicans memorialized the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks Tuesday by setting up a display of more than 3,000 miniature American flags at Memorial Glade.
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Ailya Naqvi

German bilingual school resides in historical building in Berkeley Hills

Weekly business rundown: Week of Nov. 26

UC Berkeley ranks second in number of Fulbright Scholars among public research institutions

ASUC Vote Coalition registers 8,000 students to vote

UC Berkeley-affiliated educators aim to change K-12 STEM curriculum

Power outage thwarts students’ daily routines

California’s three strikes law debated on campus

UC Berkeley receives bomb threat, believed to be hoax

Paper on fungi co-authored by UC Berkeley professors reaches 10,000 citations

Berkeley College Republicans commemorate September 11