Lucía Umeki-Martínez

Berkeley Law professor Nazune Menka created an American Cultures course fall 2021 named Decolonizing UC Berkeley, dedicated to unpacking campus’ ties to settler colonialism and its relationship with Indigenous groups in California.

I didn’t always love Watsonville. When I was younger and my family would visit San Francisco for a Giant’s game or a weekend trip, I would think “this is where I want to be.”

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, leader of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, or DESI, project, collaborated with researchers to produce a documentary titled “5000 Eyes: Mapping the Universe with DESI.”

UC Berkeley is establishing a new research center called the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative, or BESI, according to a press release from the campus Social Science Matrix.

The city of Berkeley’s Housing Element was rejected by the California State Department of Housing and Community Development, or HCD, Monday over issues with the proposed sites for new housing and the time frames in which the proposed sites would be developed. 

ASUC senators gave announcements on the various projects they are working on, some of which included adding a new mural on campus and adding additional safe and accessible infrastructure to campus. They also approved additional resolutions including mandating SVSH training for the senators.

Following the CZU Lighting Complex Fire that destroyed much of the Santa Cruz Mountains in 2020, the Sponsored Projects for Undergraduate Research Program is conducting a study about the biodiversity of the forest post-fire starting in 2021. 

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory discovered a new method of refrigeration called ionocaloric cooling, which could help reduce the effects of global warming.

The Afghan Adjustment Act was not included in the December federal omnibus bill for the fiscal year of 2023 despite past support from the ASUC and ongoing advocacy by campus organizations.

The December UC Board of Regents Health Services Committee meeting was disrupted within 5 minutes by UAW 2865 and SRU protesters.