Robert Birgeneau

In the latest development in a lawsuit sparked by alleged police misconduct during the 2011 Occupy Cal demonstrations, the defense — representing officers and campus administrative officials — released briefs Wednesday further supporting a motion to resolve the case without going before a jury.

In a Wednesday press release, UC President Janet Napolitano announced the selection of a search committee tasked with finding strong candidates for the director of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

The ASUC Elections Council discussed certification of remaining parties and candidates for the upcoming spring elections at their Monday meeting.

For the first time since 2012, SQUELCH! released an entirely satirical slate of executive candidates Sunday for the upcoming ASUC elections, to accompany its three serious senate candidates.

After more than eight years as UC Berkeley’s first vice chancellor for equity and inclusion, Gibor Basri intends to step down at the end of the academic school year, leaving behind him a multifaceted legacy.

A student group charged with selecting commencement speakers convened Tuesday night to rescind an invitation for comedian Bill Maher to speak at fall commencement, but campus administration announced late Wednesday afternoon it will not be accepting the group’s decision.

In response to the announcement last week that comedian Bill Maher would speak at UC Berkeley’s fall commencement, an online petition started Thursday demanding that the campus rescind its invitation.

A report released last week by the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonpartisan think tank, found that grants and scholarships have failed to keep up with rising costs of higher education.

At a Tuesday hearing regarding the ongoing Occupy Cal lawsuit, a judge made a procedural ruling against the activist group, who is seeking $15 million in damages against the university and other parties, but allowed the group one week to refile one of their complaints.