The promise of public
Off the Beat
UC Berkeley opens its doors to about 5,000 of the most promising Californian students each year. It is a breathtaking engine of mobility.
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The rise of the campus meme
We collected the 100 most popular memes from 11 campus Facebook meme groups, assembling a visual history of the dramatic development of these pages.
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Sexual Misconduct Database
Among them are award-winning scholars, lauded department chairs and highly paid NCAA coaches. This database summarizes information from hundreds of pages of UC documents.
Tumult at the Top
UC Berkeley has seen changes in more than half of the chancellor’s cabinet — 14 top administrative positions — since April 2015. Several positions are currently vacant as key administrators have announced their resignations.
What does a hacker look like?
UC Berkeley’s EECS program has the lowest proportion of female graduates of any degree on campus. The department has a strategy to close the gap — but how far can these programs go?
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Professor Pay-checker
The Daily Californian processed the last decade of payroll information for UC Berkeley faculty, creating the most complete, searchable database of professor and lecturer pay by campus department.
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Refurbished Bowles Hall elevates residential experience, price
Bowles Hall reopened this year as a privately-operated, coed residential college, culminating an 11-year effort to revitalize the stately manor that has further stratified the array of housing options available to UC Berkeley undergraduates.
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Breaking down the status of affirmative action at UC Berkeley
The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a significant victory to supporters of affirmative action June 23 when it upheld the consideration of race in the admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin. But the decision won’t impact the university’s admissions policy because California state law supersedes the verdict.
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Supreme Court upholds affirmative action with no impact on UC policy
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the consideration of race as a factor in college admissions — a decision that has been met with both optimism and frustration by those affiliated with the UC system, as its admissions policies will not be affected by the verdict.
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Guess the UC Berkeley department with the lowest grades
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