Division of Equity and Inclusion

Amid national labor market disruptions and employee departures, DSP is experiencing a shortage of specialist staff resulting in accommodation delays for students.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Oct. 6 that gives students, particularly transgender students, at state public universities the ability to have their lived names printed on their diplomas.

Despite budget cuts faced by UC Berkeley, the African American Initiative, or AAI, hopes to continue its efforts to increase Black recruitment and retention rates, bolster support systems and cultivate a better campus climate.

The ASUC Senate discussed current semester initiatives and plans regarding equity, inclusion and services for new students at its Wednesday night meeting.

For years, UC Berkeley has been working to address low faculty diversity through hiring initiatives despite difficulties posed by California’s ban on affirmative action.

The UC Board of Regents Investments Committee and Special Committee on Basic Needs met Tuesday to discuss asset classes, investment products, basic needs and housing insecurity.

The The UC Berkeley Student Advocate’s Office and Basic Needs Center, along with others, recently established an emergency rental assistance program.

About 130 people from various organizations came together during the campus Filipinx Summit Nov. 17 to discuss the future of the community and advocacy efforts for a Filipinx Studies program.

To increase diversity among campus graduate students, Chancellor Christ announced the implementation of the Graduate Student Diversity Task Force.

As a society, and a campus community, have we failed to elevate respectful behavior as an essential element in the profile of a truly successful, venerated person?