Moses Hall

Simply changing the name isn’t enough — we need an entire transformation outside and inside these buildings.

The UC Berkeley building formerly known as Moses Hall was unnamed Tuesday, in accordance with a proposal to Chancellor Carol Christ’s Building Name Review Committee, or BNRC, in May 2021.

Today, a UC Berkeley work crew stripped the lettering off Moses Hall after UC President Michael Drake approved a proposal submitted by campus Chancellor Carol Christ in December to unname the building, according to a campus press release. The building, temporarily dubbed Philosophy Hall, awaits approval for the formal renaming. 

A proposal to unname UC Berkeley’s Moses Hall is under consideration as its namesake’s legacy — including racist and white supremacist writings — comes under scrutiny. 

“Sorrow,” with soft and bright precision, paints how Joe begins to grasp the sentiment that he himself contrived.

Campus police received a report Tuesday of a burglary via window smashing at Evans Hall.

Campus police received a report Tuesday about 3:45 a.m. of a burglary via window smashing at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

Sounds of chatter echoed through Moses Hall Tuesday evening as UC Berkeley students and faculty congregated to watch President Obama's fifth State of the Union address.