Department of Education launches financial aid hub
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In an effort to help students navigate federal loans, the U.S. Department of Education launched an online financial aid hub in December 2019.
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UC libraries continue talks with research publisher Elsevier, enter new agreements
UC libraries have initiated open access to university-authored research with two new publication contracts announced in the new year, while the contracts with research giant Elsevier and other publishers remain in flux.
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Bid opportunity announced for CA contractors to help rebuild Tuolumne Camp
The city of Berkeley released a new project bid opportunity Friday for contractors to cooperate in the reconstruction of the Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp — part of which was destroyed by the Rim Fire on Aug. 25, 2013.
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Bill to provide families with right to housing dies in CA State Assembly
AB 22, a bill concerning familial rights to housing in California, died in the state Assembly on Thursday.
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UC system will establish its 1st organic research institute
Clif Bar and UC President Janet Napolitano have each donated $500,000 to fund the California Organic Institute, which will be dedicated to organic research and education.
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Papyrus to close all stores, including its 2 Berkeley locations
Bay Area stationery retailer Papyrus is closing all U.S. stores, including the chain’s two Berkeley locations. The company plans to close all 254 Papyrus retail locations in the United States and Canada in the upcoming four to six weeks.
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Microsoft leases office space from UC Berkeley, focuses on artificial intelligence
Microsoft opened an office in Berkeley and is still in the process of moving into the location on Shattuck Avenue in the Berkeley Way West building.
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UC Berkeley study highlights effects of unsolved Oakland homicides
UC Berkeley’s International Human Rights Law Clinic released a study Thursday examining the impact unsolved homicides in Oakland and barriers to support services have on the families of victims from underrepresented communities.
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Free Speech Movement Cafe celebrates 20 years at UC Berkeley
The Free Speech Movement Cafe, located in Moffitt Library, celebrated its 20th anniversary Friday since opening in 2000. For the first half of the day, the café offered free drinks, stickers and t-shirts to anyone who stopped by.
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Berkeley resident arrested on a charge of robbery in San Francisco
San Francisco Police Department officers saw two men engaging in an altercation with a third man in the 1000 block of Market Street area.
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