Rebecca Cohen

In an effort to gain more support for Gov. Jerry Brown’s November tax initiative, the UC Student Association is pushing for student support of Assembly Bill 1436, which will allow election day voter registration in California.

UC Berkeley researcher and physics professor Richard A. Muller incited a controversy in the science community recently when he published the results of a climate change study in the New York Times.

The bill states that all accounts the ASUC had with Bank of America be moved to Union Bank, citing reasons such as Bank of America’s “failed investment practices” and lack of community investment.

The UC Berkeley Energy Biosciences Building, which will complete construction within the next two weeks and begin initial move-in of faculty and equipment on July 30, is scheduled to open in early September.

Amy Jarich, the former senior associate dean at the University of Virginia, was selected as the new campus' assistant vice chancellor and director of undergraduate admissions after a year long search.

The Albany City Council will convene Monday to address upcoming commercial developments that may take place on UC-owned land in the city.

The recently released details of the California state budget indicate that while there will be no immediate effect on UC student tuition, the Cal Grant system will experience a 5 percent decrease on some grants.

UC Berkeley alumnus, former University of Minnesota faculty member, and domestic violence expert Jeffrey Edleson begins his term as dean of campus School of Social Welfare in August.

After a collision with an SUV while riding her bike last week, former UC Berkeley student Brittany Gunnell sustained life-threatening head injuries. Gunnell was returning home from a musical theater rehearsal at 8:40 p.m. when the accident occurred in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles.