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Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele has stepped down from his administrative position, citing his wife’s ongoing health problems as the reason for his departure.
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UC Berkeley will eliminate 500 staffing positions over the next two years as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce an annual deficit of $150 million, according to a campus memo sent to employees Monday.
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Administrative accountability and utilization of faculty expertise were among the calls to action proposed by concerned UC Berkeley faculty members at a Thursday emergency meeting on sexual harassment handling.
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Seeking greater student input and providing regular updates are among several actions the campus intends to take as part of its strategic initiatives plan, which was announced by Chancellor Nicholas Dirks in February.
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The campus’s College of Chemistry is no longer being considered for dissolution, according to campus officials.
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Campus law professor Melissa Murray was named interim dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law on Tuesday, after the former dean resigned amid sexual harassment allegations.
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On Friday, Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and UC President Janet Napolitano defended the executive vice chancellor and provost’s appointment to the UC Berkeley School of Law faculty, in light of questions regarding a possible conflict of interest.
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Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele recused himself from the selection process for an interim dean of UC Berkeley School of Law on Tuesday amid mounting pressure from campus student groups.
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When Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele told Tyann Sorrell in October 2015 that the UC Berkeley School of Law’s dean’s salary would be cut by 10 percent for one year after he violated university sexual harassment policies against her, Sorrell was speechless.
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After five years serving as the campus vice provost for the faculty, campus philosophy professor Janet Broughton will retire at the end of the semester, with Benjamin Hermalin, chair of the campus’s Academic Senate, set to take her place.
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