Scholar Jeffrey MacKie-Mason named next university librarian
Jeffrey MacKie-Mason has been named the new University Librarian in an email Friday from Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele.
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Berkeley Lab opens solar research facility renamed after former director
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory opened the Solar Energy Research Center on Tuesday, which contains laboratories committed to the research and development of fuels from sunlight.
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Dirks, Steele talk shut down amid protest, campus reacts
A panel discussion featuring Chancellor Nicholas Dirks and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Claude Steele was shut down on Tuesday after a group of audience members repeatedly interrupted the speakers.
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Officials hold panel to address higher education’s cost, value
Five higher education officials, including a representative from UC Berkeley, sat on a panel Wednesday to discuss the value of a college education, addressing concerns including rising costs at both public and private institutions.
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Students join Dirks at fireside chat to discuss ideas around Undergraduate Education Initiative
About 50 students joined Chancellor Nicholas Dirks at the University House Thursday evening for a fireside chat to challenge and develop potential ideas around the Undergraduate Education Initiative.
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Recently released records show criticism regarding controversial dinner
Recently released emails concerning a controversial dinner – intended to give money to UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy – show an influx of criticism of the event from alumni and others.
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Campus internal consolidation to increase efficiency, future student housing options
In an effort to cut costs and potentially increase student housing options, an internal reorganization of the campus’ Real Estate division and Student Affairs division, including the Residential and Student Service Programs, will consolidate some of their similar services, according to a Thursday announcement.
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Campus’s Black Student Union makes demands to improve campus climate
UC Berkeley’s Black Student Union released a list of demands on Wednesday, directed at Chancellor Nicholas Dirks aiming to effect institutional change to improve the condition of black students on campus.
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The high-flying job of fundraising for UC Berkeley
Upscale restaurants, business-class flights all cost of doing business
Raising billions for a world-class university is no simple task, especially when that institution is more dependent than ever on private support to sustain itself.
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Dirks hosts fireside chat to discuss undergraduate education, student advising
On Tuesday evening at Chancellor Nicholas Dirks’ fireside chat, student and top administrators met to discuss campus advising and undergraduate education.
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