Maximilian Auffhammer

With a new presidential administration in place, the UC system is now welcoming further collaboration with the federal government to take action against climate change.

Catherine Wolfram, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business associate dean for academic affairs, has been appointed as the deputy assistant secretary for climate and energy economics at the United States Department of the Treasury.

The return of research at UC Berkeley is underway, with 30 research buildings planned to open by the end of June, campus administration said.

The door to the Stephens Hall room that gave the “Peace” discipline a space on campus since 2003 is blank. Even the original metal sign that read “Peace and Conflict Studies Program,” formerly located outside its entrance, disappeared soon after the program moved to Stephens Hall in 2003.

Several International and Area Studies, or IAS, majors are set to coalesce into a new global studies major by next year, with some courses planned to start by spring 2017.

A UC Berkeley alumna launched a petition this month accusing the International and Area Studies administration of waging an “attack” on the Peace and Conflict Studies program due to downsizing in the last few years.

A report jointly released Thursday by the National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society in the United Kingdom aims to make climate change an easily digestible subject for even the novice reader.

New eligibility requirements are being put in place for students applying to the Political Economy major due to increased student interest.