Chang-Lin Tien

Mourners gathered on the lawn of California Hall Friday to recognize students, retired faculty and staff who died over the past year during campus’s annual memorial.

Chancellors continually find themselves caught between the rock of student opinion and the hard requirements of their job description.

Breaking from her predecessor Nicholas Dirks, Chancellor Carol Christ will not reside at University House, the two-and-one-half acre site and three-story mansion that typically serves as the official residence of the campus chancellor.

In 1952, UC Berkeley discarded a presidential system and adopted a chancellorship.

Carol Christ became UC Berkeley’s 11th chancellor Saturday, stepping into the role at a critical juncture in the campus’s history.

After a historic resumption of U.S.–Cuba diplomatic relations and a relaxation of bilateral tensions, Berkeley Study Abroad is now offering a summer study abroad program in Havana, Cuba.

Campus professor emeritus George Breslauer received the 2016 Clark Kerr Award for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education on Wednesday.

UCPD Chief Mitchell Celaya has announced his retirement effective Dec. 31 in an campus-wide email sent Wednesday night. Until a replacement is found, UCPD Capt. Margo Bennett will serve as acting chief.

FBI documents and interviews show that the nation's first Asian American chancellor, Chang-Lin Tien fell victim to United States' fear of China.