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On June 22, UC Berkeley announced the hiring of Kellie Brennan, who started July 6 as campus’s first executive director of civil rights and whistleblower compliance.
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Michael Drake will need to ensure UC workers and students always come before considerations of power, wealth or prestige.
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After announcing her resignation Sept. 18, 2019, UC President Janet Napolitano’s seven-year tenure is coming to an end, and she will be replaced by Michael Drake on Aug. 1.
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Doe v. the Regents of the University of California, a class-action lawsuit involving students accused of sexual harassment, was dismissed by the Alameda County Superior Court on Thursday.
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The U.S. Department of Education released a series of new guidelines for handling Title IX cases Wednesday, including a requirement to hold live hearings and allow cross-examination — a decision that UC administration said it opposes.
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Berkeley High School students recounted sexual assault experiences and outlined student safety demands at the Berkeley Unified School District meeting Feb. 19.
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Online-based Berkeley news outlet Berkeleyside has leveled allegations against the Berkeley Unified School District claiming the school district violated its 1st Amendment rights at a Berkeley High School protest against the school district’s handling of Title IX cases.
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For years, BHS students have been alleging that school administrators harbor toxic negligence that enables sexual assault.
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Hundreds of students at Berkeley High School staged a walkout Feb. 11 in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault and sexual violence and to call upon the Berkeley Unified School District to better resource schools. The walkout takes place in the midst of a lawsuit filed in January by a BHS student claiming that BUSD employees were negligent in supervising students.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that three women who were allegedly sexually assaulted while undergraduate students at UC Berkeley may sue the school for a policy of indifference to reports of sexual misconduct.
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