Frances Fitzgerald

A UC Berkeley graduate student recently discovered a new solar system with three planets of similar size to Earth, using data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope.

East Bay elected officials held a town hall meeting to discuss police accountability Wednesday night, giving community members the opportunity to voice concerns about the disconnect many feel exists between law enforcement officials and minority communities.

Students protesting the tuition hike continued their efforts Tuesday, rallying inside Wheeler Hall and speaking at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the sit-in during the free speech movement.

A new poster series designed to educate the public about sexual assault will be distributed around campus this week as part of the Cal Consent Campaign.

Hundreds of UC Berkeley students, faculty and community members marched through the city and campus Monday as part of a systemwide day of action, protesting the recent vote by the UC regents to pass a controversial tuition hike policy.

A recent report by the Public Policy Institute of California found that many low-income students have seen little to no change in the price they pay for college, despite dramatic hikes in tuition at California’s public universities over the past ten years.

A day before Veteran’s Day, the campus held an open house Monday for its temporary new headquarters in Stiles Hall, celebrating an increase in services and community space for student veterans.

As Berkeley voters head to the polls Tuesday to vote on a measure that dictates the boundaries of the city’s student-majority district, opponents of the measure are openly criticizing the city for what they consider exceedingly high amounts of money spent on a lawsuit over the proposed lines.

The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab announced a new initiative Monday to raise diversity and inclusion in its workforce, in response to recent data that women and minorities have not made significant gains in the lab in the last decade.

The UC Office of the President announced Friday that all UC medical centers have been designated as priority hospitals for Ebola patients, but many nurses feel the UC is inadequately prepared to handle the virus.