As UC Berkeley EECS TAs win millions, students face negative repercussions
The story of EECS and its TA legion may indeed have a happy ending, but stakeholders must ensure that it is their voices, not time alone, that tell it.
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Microsoft leases office space from UC Berkeley, focuses on artificial intelligence
Microsoft opened an office in Berkeley and is still in the process of moving into the location on Shattuck Avenue in the Berkeley Way West building.
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A ‘rich history of impact’: Longtime UC Berkeley professor Doug Tygar dies at 57
Doug Tygar — a UC Berkeley School of Information and electrical engineering and computer sciences department professor — unexpectedly died Jan. 16 at the age of 57.
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GSIs, TAs to receive retroactive fee remission from UC Berkeley
After two years of negotiations, a union grievance has been settled that will result in significant compensation for some student instructors who were previously denied tuition and fee remission from UC Berkeley.
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UC Berkeley research team wins Nokia Bell Labs prize
A UC Berkeley research duo won $100,000 and the Nokia Bell Labs Prize — a global competition for innovation — Thursday for their work on “A Classic Spin on Quantum Computing.”
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Tech for progress, not for ICE
We have an opportunity to stand on the right side of history; if we don’t, we will look back with regret.
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Cal Bears Against ICE organizes rally against actions of tech giant Palantir
Members of Cal Bears Against ICE held an informational rally Tuesday on Upper Sproul Plaza to demand that UC Berkeley’s electrical engineering and computer sciences, or EECS, department cut ties with software company Palantir.
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UC Berkeley students protest Amazon’s ties with ICE
Cal Bears Against ICE held a protest at an Amazon recruitment session at UC Berkeley on Wednesday evening to contest campus relations with companies holding contractual agreements with ICE.
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Problematic companies have no place on campus
CAMPUS ISSUES: Palantir’s presence unearths problematic company involvement
It’s crucial that campus and the university at large put their money where their mouth is and support companies with society’s best interests at heart.
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Under pressure, Palantir cancels UC Berkeley information session
About 50 students and community members met at 12 p.m. to march against UC Berkeley’s ties with Silicon Valley software giant Palantir, which was set to hold a campus information session with the electrical engineering and computer sciences, or EECS, department Tuesday.
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