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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

UC system aims to mitigate layoffs through pandemic relief funds

The UC system will create a pandemic relief fund to reduce layoffs and retain jobs amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. According to UC Office of the President spokesperson Stett Holbrook, the UC system is California’s third-largest employer. (Photo by Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.)

UC President Michael Drake announced Monday that each UC campus will create a pandemic relief fund to minimize layoffs related to COVID-19.
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Research & Ideas

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Study shows drop in carbon dioxide emissions due to shelter-in-place orders

A UC Berkeley study showed a significant drop in carbon dioxide emissions in the Bay Area due to shelter-in-place orders brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Campus

Monday, September 21, 2020

UC Berkeley increases diversity for admitted 2020-21 class

After a concerted effort to increase diversity for the UC Berkeley 2020-21 incoming class, campus admitted its most ethnically diverse class in more than 30 years and has seen an increase in first-generation students from last year.
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Campus

Friday, August 28, 2020

$24M donated to aid underrepresented UC Berkeley students

In an effort to help underrepresented students at UC Berkeley, Robert and Colleen Haas recently donated $24 million to two scholarship programs.
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Campus

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

3 UC Berkeley students test positive for COVID-19 after moving into residence halls

Three UC Berkeley students are COVID-19 positive after having been tested before moving into campus residence halls from Aug. 20 to Aug. 23, according to a UC Berkeley news article.
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Research & Ideas

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Study finds Prop. 209 decreased Black, Latinx, Native American UC admissions

By studying UC applicants from 1994 through 2002, Zachary Bleemer, UC Berkeley economics doctoral candidate, found that abolishing California’s race-based admissions process negatively impacted Black, Latinx and Native American students.
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Campus

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Zoom recording capabilities raise privacy concerns at universities, colleges

Universities and colleges switched to remote learning with the spread of the coronavirus, raising concerns regarding instructors’ ability to record meetings without the consent of students.
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Campus

Sunday, March 22, 2020

3 confirmed COVID-19 cases involving members of UC Berkeley community, campus reports

As of 5:30 p.m. Friday, the campus learned of two additional confirmed COVID-19, or the coronavirus, cases involving UC Berkeley community members, according to a Berkeley News press release.
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State

Monday, March 9, 2020

LIVE: Updates on the COVID-19 situation in Berkeley

Here’s what we know about the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley’s campus response to COVID-19, more colloquially known as coronavirus.
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Research & Ideas

Friday, February 14, 2020

UC Berkeley researchers find large, bacteria-killing viruses

UC Berkeley researchers and their collaborators found hundreds of relatively large viruses with genome sizes thought to only be characteristic of living organisms.
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Topics

UC system aims to mitigate layoffs through pandemic relief funds

Study shows drop in carbon dioxide emissions due to shelter-in-place orders

UC Berkeley increases diversity for admitted 2020-21 class

$24M donated to aid underrepresented UC Berkeley students

3 UC Berkeley students test positive for COVID-19 after moving into residence halls

Study finds Prop. 209 decreased Black, Latinx, Native American UC admissions

Zoom recording capabilities raise privacy concerns at universities, colleges

3 confirmed COVID-19 cases involving members of UC Berkeley community, campus reports

LIVE: Updates on the COVID-19 situation in Berkeley

UC Berkeley researchers find large, bacteria-killing viruses