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Olufemi Ogundele, associate vice chancellor of enrollment management and dean of undergraduate admissions, answered questions and discussed changes to UC Berkeley’s admissions process to increase the diversity of incoming classes during a Berkeley Conversations event.
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The Berkeley city auditor’s office released an audit of the city’s police department focusing on racial disparities in stops and response times to incidents involving mentally ill or unhoused individuals Thursday.
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With the state of California expanding COVID-19 vaccine eligibility and Alameda County recently moving into the less restrictive red tier, COVID-19 case rates and hospitalizations have seen a decline in the past month.
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Protestors with Direct Action Everywhere, or DxE, organized at Golden Gate Fields on Thursday, calling for the facility’s closure following an uptick in horse deaths.
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A Kickstarter project called Blackbook University aims to offer academic and professional development to Black students and empower Black student life on college campuses.
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A GoFundMe page was established Nov. 6 for longtime Alpha Delta Phi fraternity house chef Michael Burke to help him cover his living expenses while unemployed.
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Campus anthropology researcher and University of Washington anthropology assistant professor Sam Dubal was reported missing Oct. 12 and is now presumed dead.
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UC Berkeley professor emeritus of astronomy Stuart Bowyer, who died Sept. 23, will be remembered for his contributions to the field of X-ray astronomy and his pioneering observations in extreme ultraviolet wavelengths, or EUV.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills Wednesday addressing racial discrimination and systemic racism in California.
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This November, California residents will be voting on Proposition 20, a measure which, if passed, would allow certain misdemeanor crimes to be chargeable as felonies and create stricter policies on parole.
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