Chancellor Carol Christ announced as winter commencement speaker
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UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ is set to give the keynote speech at the 2017 Winter Commencement on Sunday, Dec. 17.
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Unknown UC Berkeley professors who deserve an award
UC Berkeley has some pretty amazing professors. Here’s a list of some of the most notable professors at UC Berkeley and some of their accomplishments.
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US News, World Report ranks UC Berkeley fourth globally
UC Berkeley ranks as the fourth best university globally, according to the 2017 rankings of the best global universities from U.S. News and World Report.
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UC Berkeley research spurs hope for those with bone deformities
Creating hope for those with bone deformities, UC Berkeley professor Michael Rape and his laboratory team discovered a link between stem cell and calcium development in bone formation and growth in findings published Thursday in the journal Cell.
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Nobel Prize winner, world-class biophysicist to join UC Berkeley faculty
Nobel Prize winning physicist Eric Betzig and acclaimed biophysicist Na Ji will be joining the UC Berkeley faculty in the summer of 2017.
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UC Berkeley physics professor Marvin Cohen named Citation Laureate
Media group Thomson Reuters picked UC Berkeley physics professor Marvin Cohen as a 2016 Citation Laureate — a recognition given to scientists predicted to win the Nobel Prize.
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UC Berkeley receives record number of alumni donations this year
During the 2015-16 academic year, UC Berkeley patrons and alumni gave campus a record number of donations amid concerns about declining state funding.
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Students should be the stars
CAMPUS ISSUES: The quality of graduation commencement speeches should not be compromised for the presence of a noted figure.
Our pool of alumni is expansive and brilliant, and to not tap into our campus resource is a disservice to graduates looking to build their own legacy after leaving UC Berkeley.
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Paying Their Way
For some students, an increase in tuition or fees means leaning more on their parents for funds. For others, paying their way through college is an entirely different game.
For some students, an increase in tuition or fees means leaning more on their parents for funds. For others, paying their way through college is an entirely different game.
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Bipartisan spending bill promotes open access, repeals sequestration
The omnibus spending bill, passed by Congress in mid-January, officially withdraws what would have been a second round of cuts mandated by last year’s sequester — the budget plan that drained billions of dollars from government programs and, in turn, $370 million from the University of California’s research pool.
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