President Barack Obama

The UC Office of the President, or UCOP, announced its appointee for senior vice president of External Relations and Communications on Wednesday, a decision approved by the UC Board of Regents.

Buffy Wicks, a former White House official and adviser to former president Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns, announced last week her intent to run for the California 15th State Assembly District seat in 2018.

When Nov. 8 finally arrived, a crowd of campus students and community members convened on Sproul Plaza, watching the results in preparation to celebrate. As traditionally key Democratic states were won over by Donald Trump, however, several gaping faces were aglow in red.

California public college and university system officials sent a letter to Donald Trump on Tuesday asking the president-elect to support the pursuit of higher education among undocumented immigrants and to protect them from deportation despite his pledges to remove millions of undocumented immigrants from the country after taking office.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Challenge recognized UC Berkeley for leading in energy efficiency, with representatives touring the notably sustainable Jacobs Hall on Tuesday.

Current state Attorney General Kamala Harris and U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez — both members of the Democratic party — are running to fill the vacancy left by U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, who has served as one of California’s senators since 1993.

President Barack Obama named a total of 106 recipients Thursday for the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, four of whom are campus-affiliated researchers.

The White House announced Tuesday that two UC Berkeley faculty members will each receive one of the nation’s highest honors in science and technology.

36 House Democrats, led by Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, and Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Washington, asked Obama for $16.1 million to support the West Coast Earthquake Early Warning System.