Jose Rodriguez

Held in a half-full Haas Pavilion on Monday afternoon, the ceremony — officially titled the Chancellor’s New Student Convocation — was the final event of the second annual weeklong Golden Bear Orientation.

When students think of UC Berkeley’s funding, their minds often jump to tuition — but among its various revenue streams, such as federal and state grants, the campus's largest and most stable contributions come in the form of endowments, currently valued at $4.3 billion.

Chinese and Chinese American donations to higher education institutions such as UC Berkeley have increased dramatically in recent years, according to a new study by the Global Chinese Philanthropy Initiative.

John-Austin Saviano is stepping down as president and chief investment officer of the Berkeley Endowment Management Company, or BEMCO.

UC Berkeley hosted its second year of the Big Give Wednesday, a campus-wide online philanthropy event.

UC Berkeley is underway in advertising its newest online fundraising campaign, the Big Give, which encourages members of the community to donate to campus programs in a 24-hour period during the week of the Big Game.

SAN FRANCISCO — UC President Janet Napolitano announced the creation of a fund at the UC Board of Regents meeting Wednesday that allocates $50 million to fund 100 new endowed faculty chairs across the system.

Julie Hooper, former associate vice president for development at the University of Texas at Austin, began her term as UC Berkeley associate vice chancellor for University Relations on July 1.

UC Berkeley’s latest fundraising campaign raked in $3.13 billion from more than 250,000 donors, officials announced Thursday, surpassing the goals of the almost nine year campaign.