2 UC Berkeley alumni recognized as 2019 Pulitzer Prize winners, finalists
This year’s Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists include two UC Berkeley alumni who found their roots in journalism at The Daily Californian.
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UC Berkeley journalism school hosts New York Times executive editor
Hundreds of UC Berkeley students, faculty and aspiring journalists filled Sibley Auditorium on Friday to hear New York Times, or The Times, executive editor Dean Baquet discuss modern journalism and the rapidly changing journalism industry with UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Dean Edward Wasserman.
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UCLA professor files lawsuit against UC Board of Regents for allegedly withholding admissions data
This lawsuit comes amid a federal lawsuit against Harvard University, which is similarly accused of discriminating against Asian American students in its admissions practices.
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UC Berkeley alumnus Jake Cannon uncovers Hollywood’s hidden histories with ‘The Look Back Machine’ podcast
Jake Cannon is a UC Berkeley alumnus and host of the podcast “The Look Back Machine,” which features documentary-style retellings of various forgotten Hollywood stories, tales described as “the overlooked, the disregarded, and misremembered.”
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Tragedies of Vietnam War crushed under miniature copter in ‘Miss Saigon’
Following, even perhaps overshadowing, the long thread of issues with “Miss Saigon” is its appraisals — the dazzling show tunes and choreography, sumptuous stage design and the undeniable technical feat of the production.
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YouCaring page for homeless UC Berkeley student raises more than $75K
After living in a trailer with his family for about four to five months, campus senior Ismael Chamu was evicted from his Hayward home Tuesday.
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Trump threatened thousands of undocumented students with decision to rescind DACA. UC Berkeley must fight back.
NATIONAL ISSUES: There shouldn’t be any question of an immigrant’s right to go to school here or to make a home here, but the political reality continues to undermine students’ legal statuses and lives.
There shouldn’t be any question of an immigrant’s right to live here, to go to school here or to make a home here. But because the political reality continues to undermine students’ legal statuses and lives, the University of California and the Berkeley campus must step up and expand their support services.
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2 UC Berkeley students missing after Oakland warehouse fire
A large structure fire at a warehouse concert in Oakland on Friday night has left at least nine dead, with dozens more reported missing — among them three UC Berkeley students.
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UC Regent Norman Pattiz recorded asking to touch breasts of colleague
Amid systemwide efforts to address sexual harassment in the past year, longtime UC Regent Norman Pattiz was heard in a recently released recording asking a female colleague whether he could hold her breasts.
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Berkeley alumnus Jess Bravin discusses journalism, time as student regent
Jess Bravin is UC Berkeley School of Law alumnus, a former student regent and an award-winning writer and journalist. He authored “The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay,” which explores the American military commissions that were resurrected to prosecute suspects of terrorism.
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