Former UC Berkeley professor, researcher Nilabh Shastri dies at age 68

Nilabh Shastri, a widely admired and inspirational UC Berkeley professor in the department of molecular and cell biology, died Jan. 22 at the age of 68.
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Nilabh Shastri, a widely admired and inspirational UC Berkeley professor in the department of molecular and cell biology, died Jan. 22 at the age of 68.
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After a career spanning more than 40 years at UC Berkeley, Randy Katz will be stepping down as vice chancellor for research effective June 30.
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UC Berkeley announced the creation of the Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies on May 2 in response to a $5 million grant from the Helen Diller Family Foundation.
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Best building: Berkeley Way West UC Berkeley’s psychology, public health and education departments may have been disappointed to have to pack up their old offices when, in 2018, they were told they’d be moving to the new building on Berkeley Way. Little did these faculty and staff members know that
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Data 8X, the course’s online equivalent, is free to audit, but students must pay in order to take exams and receive a certificate. This certification, however, will likely not transfer as academic credit or satisfy the data science major requirement, according to Cathryn Carson, the faculty lead of the Data Science Education Program.
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Longtime UC Berkeley architecture professor and former chair of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies Nezar AlSayyad was found to have sexually harassed a graduate student in a recent campus investigation.
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A UC Berkeley professor emeritus has been appointed to the position of the retirement liaison for campus faculty.
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Stephen Tollefson, a former lecturer in the College Writing Programs at UC Berkeley and director of the Office of Educational Development, passed away last Friday. He was 66.
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Last week, three campus professors were selected as recipients of the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award, the most esteemed honor given to faculty on campus.
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After a rigorous selection process, the campus has named five UC Berkeley faculty members as recipients of the 2013 Distinguished Teaching Award.
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