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An independent investigation of the Cal football program regarding the 2014 death of Cal defensive lineman Ted Agu — initiated by former UC Berkeley chancellor Nicholas Dirks in July 2016 — was halted last year, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Since his tumultuous tenure leading UC Berkeley came to a close this summer, former chancellor Nicholas Dirks has remained in the public eye to reflect on his time as chancellor.
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Chancellor Carol Christ’s substantial budget cuts left few departments unscathed last week, and the UC Berkeley School of Law was no exception.
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In conjunction with plans by the UC Board of Regents to increase enrollment in the coming years, the campus faces an ever-pressing need to provide adequate student housing. To do so, new Chancellor Carol Christ has turned to the city.
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Christ insisted that “Cal Athletics have to have a balanced budget by 2020.”
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In recent years, the campus has garnered attention for several high-profile sexual harassment cases — including alleged violations of UC sexual misconduct policy by former campus astronomy professor Geoffrey Marcy and former UC Berkeley School of Law dean Sujit Choudhry.
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Today, Christ becomes the 11th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley. She takes the helm of a school under siege from all sides.
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Almost a year after announcing his resignation, Nicholas Dirks officially stepped down from the position of chancellor Saturday.
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Carol Christ became UC Berkeley’s 11th chancellor Saturday, stepping into the role at a critical juncture in the campus’s history.
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Alice McNeil, who worked intimately with outgoing Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and his family as the former manager of University House — the residence of the campus chancellor — has sued UC Berkeley and the UC Regents for alleged wrongful termination.
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