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UC Berkeley doctoral candidates Ataya Cesspooch and Sierra Edd and doctoral student Breylan Martin published a collective statement Nov. 11 about campus associate professor Elizabeth Hoover, who released a statement Oct. 20 rescinding her previous claim to Native American ancestry.

UC Berkeley researchers collaborated on a study on negative urgency, or the tendency to act impulsively in response to strong, negative feelings.

Dania Matos, former associate chancellor and chief diversity officer at UC Merced, will formally become UC Berkeley’s vice chancellor for equity and inclusion beginning Aug. 16.

Prudence L. Carter, E.H. and Mary E. Pardee professor and dean of the Graduate School of Education, or GSE, received the Berkeley Citation from Chancellor Carol Christ and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost A. Paul Alivisatos.

Prairie View A&M University President Ruth Simmons discussed her groundbreaking experiences in higher education and promoting racial equity during a Berkeley Forum event Thursday.

Rashi Kesarwani, a finance manager for the San Francisco Human Services Agency, officially filed papers to run for Berkeley City Council’s District 1 seat March 19.

The campus’s Isacoff Lab has been granted about $21 million in funding from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency for research into neural implants.

Recently, the UC Berkeley FemSex DeCal has garnered media attention for requiring all students affiliated with the class to agree to a contract stating they will not "hook up" with other students or the student facilitators.