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Monday, May 31, 2021

Venture capitalists donate $5M to diversify STEM at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley received a $5 million donation from alumna Freada Kapor Klein and her husband, Mitch Kapor. The donation aims to diversify STEM by funding students to participate in campus's SEED Scholars Honors program, which supports minority students pursuing STEM majors.

UC Berkeley alumna Freada Kapor Klein, a venture capitalist and social policy researcher, and her husband Mitch Kapor, founder of computer software company Lotus, donated $5 million to campus’s diversity in the STEM Excellence through Equity and Diversity Scholars Honors program.
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Monday, May 24, 2021

Private donations to UC Berkeley increase amid COVID-19 pandemic

Amid the ebb and flow of private funding that occurs every year, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an increase in private donations to UC Berkeley to support the campus community.
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Campus

Thursday, February 11, 2021

UC Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies receives $10M gift

The gift will go toward funding visitors and the undergraduate fellows program, broadening outreach and expanding courses and programs of the institute.
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Campus

Thursday, May 14, 2020

UC Berkeley announces results of #GivingTuesdayNow for pandemic aid

Chancellor Carol Christ announced Tuesday the results of the previous week’s #GivingTuesdayNow, a “global day of giving” to support the people most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Black History Month 2020, Campus

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

UC Berkeley African American Initiative expects to double number of scholarship recipients in 2020

Despite funding and campus climate challenges, the UC Berkeley African American Initiative expects to double its number of scholarship recipients in 2020.
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Black History Month 2020, Campus

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

‘Increase that sense of community’: UC Berkeley’s Black community resources

Tucked in the corner of the Hearst Field Annex building is the Fannie Lou Hamer Black Resource Center, one of the various resources for the Black community at UC Berkeley. As a part of UC Berkeley’s African American Student Development, the center serves the academic, social, cultural and political needs of the campus Black community.
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Campus

Thursday, December 19, 2019

UC receives more than $126M to fund research enterprises

This year, allies of the UC system such as the Weill Family Foundation and financier Charles Schwab gifted more than $126 million to the university for research initiatives and collaboration.
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Campus

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

Campus officials announce elimination of $150M deficit

Chancellor Carol Christ announced Monday in a campuswide email that UC Berkeley reached a balanced budget, ending the $150 million deficit and also raised $1.2 billion in revenue from “two consecutive, record-breaking years of fundraising.”
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Academics

Sunday, May 5, 2019

UC Berkeley creates endowed faculty chair in Israel studies

UC Berkeley announced the creation of the Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies on May 2 in response to a $5 million grant from the Helen Diller Family Foundation.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2018

University of California assets increase, totaling $118.7 billion

The assets of the University of California increased by $8.9 billion over the past year, outpacing its benchmark and totaling $118.7 billion as of June 30, 2018, according to the UC Chief Investment Officer of the Regents Jagdeep Bachher recent’s report.
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Topics

Venture capitalists donate $5M to diversify STEM at UC Berkeley

Private donations to UC Berkeley increase amid COVID-19 pandemic

UC Berkeley Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies receives $10M gift

UC Berkeley announces results of #GivingTuesdayNow for pandemic aid

UC Berkeley African American Initiative expects to double number of scholarship recipients in 2020

‘Increase that sense of community’: UC Berkeley’s Black community resources

UC receives more than $126M to fund research enterprises

Campus officials announce elimination of $150M deficit

UC Berkeley creates endowed faculty chair in Israel studies

University of California assets increase, totaling $118.7 billion