UC system launches program to provide 1st-generation students with mentors
Forty-two percent of all UC undergraduates are the first in their families to attend college. Campus sophomore Neida Mendez is one of these students.
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Berkeley community holds vigil for Kayla Moore 4 years after her death
Berkeley residents gathered on the corner of Allston Way and Shattuck Avenue on Monday night for a vigil in honor of Kayla Moore, a Black transgender woman diagnosed with schizophrenia who died while in Berkeley Police custody in 2013.
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PG&E, other energy companies propose changing cost allocation with local energy providers
PG&E and other major California energy companies have proposed a new method to allocate long-term energy contract costs that could affect whether consumers choose to purchase energy from major or local providers, as first reported by the East Bay Times.
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Federal court panel finds Berkeley’s cellphone disclosure ordinance in compliance with 1st Amendment
A federal court panel has found the city of Berkeley’s cellphone disclosure ordinance, originally passed May 12, 2015, to comply with the First Amendment, as first reported by the East Bay Times.
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High demand for Berkeley real estate results in housing shortage
Berkeley homes are selling for about 20 percent more than their list prices, with prospective homebuyers facing a shortage of options, as first reported by Berkeleyside.
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UC Berkeley law student dies from leukemia, remembered for intellectual curiosity
Nathan Berry, a student at the UC Berkeley School of Law, died April 11 at the age of 34. Berry had been diagnosed with leukemia three years earlier.
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Berkeley Forum hosts panel on student debt, including discussion on UC Berkeley tuition
Four speakers — each coming from different backgrounds — gathered Tuesday at Morrison Hall to discuss trends, implications and potential policy reform regarding student debt in the United States as part of a Berkeley Forum panel.
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Senate discusses Menstrual Product Initiative, appoints new officials
At its weekly Wednesday meeting, the ASUC Senate discussed the Menstrual Product Initiative and two other resolutions, as well as appointing new officials.
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Rise in human illness impacts environmental sustainability, study finds
Human illness can negatively impact the environment, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Kathyrn Fiorella, a former UC Berkeley doctoral student.
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Number of UC Berkeley international applicants decreases for 1st time in decade
UC Berkeley saw a 1.2 percent decrease in international student freshman applicants for the 2016-2017 admissions cycle — the first dip in international applications the campus has experienced in over a decade.
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