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According to a tweet from Berkeley City College, or BCC, a background investigator who was affiliated with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, or DHS, and under contract with ADC visited BCC on Monday. The individual claimed he was conducting a “routine employee background check.”
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Berkeley Fire Department responded to a report that three people had fallen ill after being exposed to a white powder at Berkeley City College.
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A startup company created by UC Berkeley students will soon be launching an app that allows students to pick up temporary work shifts at local businesses.
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Less than a year after starting her studies at UC Berkeley, Anh-Vy Phan has withdrawn from the school and now faces a $24,000 debt she cannot pay.
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In Ashley Cunningham’s first semester at UC Berkeley, she and her long-term boyfriend split up after 7 ½ years. Despite this hard emotional time, Cunningham still worked 30-plus hours a week and stayed in school full time.
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Berkeley city leaders working to close racial and economic opportunity gaps are fundraising to reach a $1 million goal this year on behalf of Berkeley Promise, a college access initiative and scholarship program.
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The Berkeley Community Fund received a two-year grant of $250,000 from the Bayer USA Foundation, a non-profit with a focus on education, to support the Berkeley Promise scholarship program at Berkeley City College, or BCC.
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In a statement, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ said “it remains uncertain as to whether current conditions will persist,” and she elected to extend the pause on instruction that began Thursday night.
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This week, hundreds of UC Berkeley students have felt the impact of California’s deadliest fire. Many students’ homes have been destroyed, and some students have seen their friends and families displaced. And yet, in the face of this horrible tragedy, the campus administration has demonstrated an unbelievable insensitivity to the physical and mental well-being of its students.
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After days of community backlash, Chancellor Carol Christ announced Thursday evening that classes would be canceled because of poor air quality.
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