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Campus

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Randy Katz to step down as vice chancellor for research

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After a career spanning more than 40 years at UC Berkeley, Randy Katz will be retiring his position as vice chancellor for research effective June 30.

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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Academics

Sunday, April 5, 2020

Online exam proctoring no longer allowed for UC Berkeley classes

Campus teaching assistants and instructors were barred from proctoring exams online for the remainder of the semester, according to a campuswide email sent by Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos.
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Campus, Women's Issue 2020

Thursday, April 2, 2020

‘The force that brought the community together’: A profile of UC Berkeley professor Susan Graham

Susan Graham serves as UC Berkeley’s Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Emerita and was the only female faculty member in the electrical engineering and computer sciences department for 17 years.
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Op-Eds

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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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Local Businesses

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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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Obituary

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

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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Campus

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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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Research & Ideas

Thursday, December 12, 2019

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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Op-Eds

Tuesday, November 26, 2019
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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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Campus

Thursday, November 21, 2019

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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