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A group of UC Berkeley students are starting to work on a project to provide affordable, environmentally conscious housing in the Richmond area for students and faculty at the upcoming Berkeley Global Campus at Richmond Bay.
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A group of UC Berkeley researchers has found ways to better reduce carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide in order to make chemical products, such as fuel and plastics.
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A proposed Downtown condominium development project is entering the final stages of its design review, which, if approved, would include a 12-story mixed residential and commercial building on Shattuck Avenue.
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At a Wednesday meeting, Berkeley’s Police Review Commission adopted policy recommendations around police involvement in protests as part of its review of the December Black Lives Matter protests in the city.
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Berkeley City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt amendments to local and state housing codes that would require inspections of weather-exposed structures every three years, among other stipulations.
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Recently, the Graduate Student Assembly and the ASUC have addressed this issue by passing resolutions targeting faculty diversity. The assembly passed a bill in April endorsing the election of graduate students to participate in the faculty hiring process.
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At a preliminary examination for the December murder of Kamahl Middleton in West Berkeley, a judge decided Monday that the three defendants in the case would proceed to trial as charged despite an attempt to drop the charges against one defendant.
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Three women who were sexually assaulted while students at UC Berkeley filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that the campus perpetrated gender-based discrimination and fraudulently represented its safety.
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Hilary Baxter and Panayiotis Papadopoulos were recently appointed leaders of the UC systemwide and Berkeley academic senates, respectively, which represent faculty in university governance and determine academic policy.
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Alameda County is working with the FBI to reduce the amount of untested rape kits with $41 million set aside by the federal government to help local police departments and crime laboratories expedite the process.
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