UC Berkeley data science must commit to justice for marginalized students
Members of DSUS and Computing, Data Science, and Society’s leadership must take responsibility for the failure to make good on its promises of equity.
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UC Berkeley graduate diversity program awards $1.5M in grants
UC Berkeley’s Graduate Diversity Pilot Program awarded a total of $1.5 million in grants to nine university departments, according to an Oct. 1 announcement from the campus graduate division.
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‘Incredibly vibrant’: UC Berkeley linguist Geoffrey Nunberg dies at 75
Far-reaching NPR linguist and adjunct UC Berkeley professor Geoffrey Nunberg died Aug. 11 at the age of 75.
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COVID-19 may resurge if outbreak subsides by fall, UC Berkeley professor says
UC Berkeley public health professor Arthur Reingold said a resurgence of COVID-19 is nearly certain if the disease dissipates this summer in a livestream as part of a campus virtual conversation series that kicked off Friday.
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Female faculty faces challenges despite increase in UC Berkeley gender diversity
Gender diversity in campus faculty has been increasing over the past 40 years, but many women still face challenges with recognition and access to opportunities.
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UC Berkeley awarded $188,000 to grow projects at ‘intersection of public service and technology’
UC Berkeley received a $188,000 in grant money million grant on Monday from the Public Interest Technology University Network, or PIT-UN, a partnership between 21 different universities intended to grow the field of public interest technology.
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UC Berkeley community talks sustainability, equality, artificial intelligence at town hall
Campus community members gathered in the Sibley Auditorium on Monday to discuss signature initiatives surrounding sustainability, equality and artificial intelligence at a town hall sponsored by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
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Search committee solicits undergraduate input on new data science division leadership
The search committee whose majority is made up of professors and administrators, along with representatives from Witt/Kieffer, a firm the university chose to help with the search process, held the forum to answer three key questions.
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Culture of subtlety: On the language of Facebook
And while these reactions have certainly served their purpose well, providing analytics for companies to know what’s going well and allowing a richer range of emotion to be displayed, they have come with subtle but loaded meanings.
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Photo Essay: Schools in session
UC Berkeley’s 14 schools and colleges offer a nearly endless supply of degrees — from undergraduate minors in education to doctorate programs in information management. What do they all have in common? The students, who act as a constant source of ingenuity and passion on campus.
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