Fiona Doyle

UC Berkeley selected Oliver O’Reilly as the vice provost for undergraduate education and Victoria Plaut as the vice provost for faculty.

A first generation college student, Doyle came to UC Berkeley in 1983 as an assistant professor in the campus department of Material Science and Mineral Engineering. She was the College of Engineering’s third female faculty member and has been the Donald H. McLaughlin Professor of Mineral Engineering since 1998.

About 40 members and supporters of the UC Student-Workers Union, or United Auto Workers Local 2865, convened in the campus Graduate Division of Sproul Hall to protest against low wages in light of ongoing contract negotiations between the union and UC administration.

About 20 staff members and students attended each meeting to ask the representatives of various working groups questions about the strategic plan.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Republican Party's latest tax bill, which could increase financial burden on graduate students, Thursday.

As the semester comes to an end, students are asked to complete course evaluations, the results of which can impact on an instructor’s career advancement and pay, according to Ben Hermalin, vice provost for the faculty.

An email from a UC official informing graduate students about joining a union was sent Monday after a state amendment signed the week prior allowing graduate student researchers to be represented by unions.

Here's a look at the administration as it stands now, in the opening days of Carol Christ's chancellorship.

Iman Sylvain submitted her resignation from her role as Graduate Assembly president Monday, according to an email from GA Internal Vice President Kena Hazelwood-Carter.

UC Berkeley has instituted supplemental tuition for at least six graduate programs over the last five years at a time when the base tuition fee throughout the UC system is frozen.