http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 15 May 2012 23:07:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27689 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27689#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 17:53:14 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30625 With state budget negotiations in full swing, members of the UC Board of Regents are joining students in Sacramento today (May 15) to call on lawmakers to reinvest in public higher education. Regents will remain in the capital on Wednesday, holding their first board meeting there since 1993. ]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27689/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:47:51 +0000 Kathleen Maclay http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=29056 The State of California needs to consider the whopping return on investments for higher education as it tries to balance its budget, UC Berkeley researchers say in new study, "California's Economic Payoff: Investing in College Access and Completion."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/04/24/berkeley-researchers-conclude-state-funding-of-higher-education-benefits-students-taxpayers-with-net-return-on-investment-of-450-per-cent/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/21/budget-challenge/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/21/budget-challenge/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 21:21:18 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=27227 Clickers in hand, a civic-minded student audience weighs some tough choices on cuts and spending. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/21/budget-challenge/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27281 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27281#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 17:49:32 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26428 As a follow up to last week's web chat with Mark Yudof, the UC president's answers to 10 of the top questions on subjects of particular interest to faculty and staff have been posted online.]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/27281/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/08/sproul-plaza-response-video/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/08/sproul-plaza-response-video/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:57:56 +0000 Dan Mogulof http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=25803 Vice Chancellor John Wilton responds to questions about campus finances that were posed as part of a campus conversation about UC Berkeley's budget, now playing on the new Sproul Plaza app on Berkeley's Facebook page. Watch all five videos.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/08/sproul-plaza-response-video/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/06/students-rally-in-sacramento-for-public-education/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/06/students-rally-in-sacramento-for-public-education/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 20:44:08 +0000 Roibín Ó hÉochaidh http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26144 Berkeley students, faculty and staff joined thousands of protesters from across California in Sacramento Monday for a mass demonstration against the defunding of public education.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/06/students-rally-in-sacramento-for-public-education/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/22/year-in-pictures/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/22/year-in-pictures/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 19:15:41 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22806 Beyond the protests, the story — as always — is one of engagement, passion and perseverance in the face of challenges, whether institutional or personal.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/22/year-in-pictures/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/14/berkeley-mcap-conference/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/14/berkeley-mcap-conference/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:11:24 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=22365 Thousands of UC Berkeley undergraduates from middle-income families will get a helping hand from a new, far-reaching financial-aid plan hailed by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau as "the first program of this sort at any public university in the United States."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/12/14/berkeley-mcap-conference/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/30/lawmaker-talks-budget-with-students-meets-with-chancellor/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/30/lawmaker-talks-budget-with-students-meets-with-chancellor/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:21:10 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=21447 State Sen. Kevin De León made a public appearance on Sproul Plaza Monday, followed by a private meeting with Birgeneau in California Hall.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/30/lawmaker-talks-budget-with-students-meets-with-chancellor/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/16/in-sacramento-students-take-a-stand-for-the-future-of-uc/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/16/in-sacramento-students-take-a-stand-for-the-future-of-uc/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:54:33 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=20616 A busload of UC Berkeley students joined a UC rally in Sacramento on Wednesday, Nov. 16. Their message to legislators: "no" to continued funding cuts to public education, "yes" to structural changes needed to increase available state funds. Rally remarks: 'Don't let public higher ed in California be destroyed,' Breslauer urges]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/11/16/in-sacramento-students-take-a-stand-for-the-future-of-uc/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/27/forum-on-future-of-public-universities/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/27/forum-on-future-of-public-universities/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:56:18 +0000 Cathy Cockrell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19079 The role of public higher education in fostering social opportunity and social mobility was the focus of an Oct. 25 campus forum on the future of public universities. It was the first of four public conversations organized by campus deans, at what they called "a definitional moment" for the institution.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/27/forum-on-future-of-public-universities/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ouruniversity/sept11/ http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ouruniversity/sept11/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:35:05 +0000 Office of the President http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16725 The monthly newsletter for the UC community also explores the cost of health care, and a grant program that helps move critical research out of the lab and into the market.]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/ouruniversity/sept11/feed/ 0 http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/news/phased-retirement-proposal http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/news/phased-retirement-proposal#comments Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:29:07 +0000 Steve McConnell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=16069 The University of California is proposing a Phased Retirement Program that would help career employees 55 or older transition into retirement by reducing work hours (and pay) for up to three years before retiring, in exchange for a lump-sum payment at retirement.]]> http://hrweb.berkeley.edu/news/phased-retirement-proposal/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/25/rjb-briefing/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/25/rjb-briefing/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:46:35 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=15522 In his annual back-to-school media briefing, the chancellor was cautiously upbeat, insisting that despite Berkeley's budget woes, the campus has managed to maintain its standing among the nation's great universities.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/25/rjb-briefing/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26078 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26078#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:10:24 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=15450 A mobile web framework that powers the UCLA and UC Berkeley mobile websites, and Berkeley's Visiting Scholar and Postdoc Affairs Project, which saves the campus more than half a million dollars annually, shared the top Golden Awards in this year's UC-wide Larry L. Sautter Award competition.]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/26078/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/22/issi-merger/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/22/issi-merger/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:30:50 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=15049 Born of financial crisis, Berkeley's Institute for the Study of Societal Issues has cultivated a more collaborative, community-based approach to social-science research. In the process, a rickety old campus building has been transformed into a place where scholars can do more with less.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/22/issi-merger/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/17/merit-raises/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/17/merit-raises/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 21:08:09 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=14927 Acting on a November vote by the Board of Regents, UC President Mark Yudof outlined a new plan to set up a pool for systemwide merit raises as part of the 2011-2012 budget.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/08/17/merit-raises/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25942 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25942#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 23:10:42 +0000 Office of the President http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=14019 The UC Board of Regents Thursday approved a plan to close a $1 billion budget shortfall through a combination of higher student tuition, cost-cutting measures and operational efficiencies. Regents, on a 14-4 vote, reluctantly approved a 9.6 percent tuition increase, effective this fall for all UC students. Also: Retirement plan updates from regents, UCOP]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25942/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25926 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25926#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:07:47 +0000 Office of the President http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=13949 With cost-cutting and revenue-generating measures in place to fill the bulk of a $1 billion budget gap, the University of California Board of Regents will vote July 14 on a budget and proposal to increase tuition by $1,068 per student for this academic year. ]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25926/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25880 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25880#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:48:50 +0000 Office of the President http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=13792 With cost-cutting and revenue-generating measures in place to fill the bulk of a billion-dollar budget gap resulting from steep cuts in state funding, the University of California staff is preparing to recommend to the Board of Regents that roughly one-quarter of the shortfall be offset with tuition and fee increases.]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25880/feed/ 0