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UC Berkeley’s Othering & Belonging Institute, which focuses on research, policy and work related to marginalized communities, released a report Tuesday calling for a legal mechanism to protect refugees forced to cross borders by climate issues.
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Veteran filmmaker Jeanne Marie Hallacy is passionate about stories of social justice, and, with “Mother, Daughter, Sister,” she has added another film to her already long list of documentaries about human rights issues relating to Southeast Asia.
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Twenty-two students presented detailed proposals for open-source, technological solutions to problems in transnational security Monday as part of a student-run course created in response to the July 2016 terrorist attacks in Bangladesh and Nice, which resulted in the deaths of two UC Berkeley students.
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As every good hipster knows by now, American Apparel is disappearing — the whole company has been acquired, and the Telegraph Avenue location will shut its doors in April
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About 200 UC Berkeley community members gathered together outside California Hall to remember the 57 members of the campus community who died in the last year, including two students who were killed in terrorist attacks abroad.
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Nicolas “Nick” Leslie, a 20-year-old campus junior, was killed during the terrorist attack that took place Thursday in Nice, France, while three other UC Berkeley students sustained serious injuries.
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The flags of America, Bangladesh and India stood tall on the steps of Sproul Plaza as a memorial vigil took place to commemorate campus sophomore and Indian citizen Tarishi Jain and other victims who lost their lives alongside her in the terror attacks that took place in Bangladesh on Friday.
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A UC Berkeley student was among about 20 killed in terrorist attacks in Bangladesh that began Friday.
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Although the center was established in 2013, due to logistical complexities, it officially opened Monday. Chancellor Nicholas Dirks presided over a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Following the event, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC University – one of the universities the center will partner with – gave a guest lecture to celebrate the center’s launch.
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