Student Technology Fund

Three of the four referenda passed during the 2021 ASUC elections, affecting graduate and undergraduate students alike.

The ASUC Elections Council convened Friday to determine the order of candidates on the ballot and the various propositions that will be voted on in the upcoming elections.

Adobe Creative Cloud, Zoom Pro and laptop borrowing programs are all services covered by the Student Technology Fund, or STF, fee which was recently added to the April ballot for renewal by the ASUC Senate.

During their meeting Wednesday, ASUC officials and senators reflected on the academic stress the elections have caused for the student body.

UC Berkeley recently launched the Student Technology Equity Program, or STEP, to provide free hardware and internet access to students in response to COVID-19 and the shift to distance learning.

QubeSat, a project started by UC Berkeley undergraduate students to test new satellite rotation technology, has been approved to launch by 2021.

UC Berkeley is now providing access to free e-books to support students in remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Here's what we know about the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley's campus response to COVID-19, more colloquially known as coronavirus.