Former campus instructor, poet Chana Bloch dies at 77

Chana Bloch, a poet, professor, translator, and scholar closely affiliated with UC Berkeley, died on May 19 after a four year battle with cancer.
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Chana Bloch, a poet, professor, translator, and scholar closely affiliated with UC Berkeley, died on May 19 after a four year battle with cancer.
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UC Berkeley professors are paid the second highest average salaries amongst all public doctoral institutions, as first reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Irish President Michael Higgins has announced the donation of a $40,000 grant from Ireland to UC Berkeley establishing an Irish Studies Program on campus.
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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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Justin Park, the former high school dropout and recent UC Berkeley graduate recently learned he has been chosen as one of 40 individuals nationwide to receive a full scholarship to study Old English literature at the University of Cambridge.
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