Lia Klebanov

Fall Program for First Semester, or FPF, lecturers and readers have filed a grievance with campus officials in efforts of unionizing and are currently awaiting a response.

SafeBears, a nonprofit organization consisting of UC Berkeley parents and Berkeley community members dedicated to ensuring student safety, is looking to launch a pilot program that would install private security guards around campus.

CredibleMind president and CEO Deryk Van Brunt created his company to encourage self-intervention and proactive early prevention in well-being issues. Now, a new partnership with the National Association of County and City Health Officials, or NACCHO, will put Van Brunt’s organization on the national map

The city of Berkeley is continuing to expand its emergency services precautions through a community evacuation study, in addition to a Sept. 17 test of a new Outdoor Warning System, or OWS.

As part of Chancellor Carol Christ’s Reimagining Campus and Community Safety Initiative, the Campus Mobile Crisis Response team was soft-launched in April 2023 and with the goal of serving the calls of students, faculty and staff.

On Sept. 28, the BART Board of Directors will come together and vote on a new proposition to decide whether bikes will officially be allowed on escalators, according to a tweet from BART Director Rebecca Saltzman.

“Rama,” the name of a Hindu God, can be seen painted along the surface of a Meyer Sound building on Heinz Avenue. Artist Amrita Singhal hopes viewers feel their “existence as part of the universe” as they walk down the sidewalk, looking at the vibrant blue hues of “The Ramma Mural.”

The campus DeCal program has been student-run since its establishment in the Free Speech Movement era and remains rooted in “student agency.” All students can create their own courses or choose to become facilitators of established DeCals.

Beginning Aug. 1, Daniel Feitelberg has taken on the interim role of UC Berkeley’s vice chancellor of finance and chief financial officer, or CFO, until 2025 as campus conducts a search for a permanent replacement.

Bay Area ferries will require proof of payment when boarding instead of disembarking starting Aug. 10.