SubscribeIn a letter released earlier today, George Breslauer, UC Berkeley executive vice chancellor and provost, and John Wilton, vice chancellor, administration and finance, promise to “continue to work collaboratively with the City of Albany and others to stay the course and fulfill the community desires for development on this site.”
Campus news archive
Breslauer, Wilton on Albany mixed-use development
May 15, 2013:
Berkeley’s top teaching honor goes to five faculty 
March 18, 2013: Among the many illustrious faculty at UC Berkeley, five have been ben selected as winners of the prestigious 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award, which recognizes teaching that incites intellectual curiosity in students, engages them thoroughly in the enterprise of learning and has a lifelong impact.
Berkeley’s new honor code ‘a living, breathing document’
March 18, 2013: The UC Berkeley Honor Code is a student-driven document – and, for a large research university, a pioneering one – that grew out of discussions between the ASUC, the Graduate Assembly, the Academic Senate and the deans of the College of Letters and Science, which accounts for more than half of Berkeley’s faculty and three in four of its undergrads.
Graduation gown donations sought for new lending program serving students in need
March 15, 2013: If you have a black graduation cap and gown gathering dust in a closet, the new Graduation Gown Lending Project at UC Berkeley would love to have it. The project is collecting previously worn caps and gowns to lend them free of charge to students who can’t afford the $50 cost of buying them. Donations are also being accepted.
Time to apply for Cal Energy Corps internships
March 14, 2013: Deadline is Sunday, March 24 for undergrads to apply for university, industry, government and nonprofit internship opportunities in Brazil, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan and the Bay Area.
In Richmond, a hands-on approach to energy tech
March 13, 2013: Just three miles from the site of the future Richmond Bay Campus, the Northern California Workshop for Energy Technologies underscored the need for partnerships, and featured a keynote address from former Michigan governor (and current Berkeley faculty member) Jennifer Granholm.
Berkeley scores high (again) in grad school rankings
March 12, 2013: Berkeley programs again rank among the very best in the nation in the U.S. News annual release of graduate rankings, including 14 disciplines ranked No. 1 in the nation.
1st 3D-printing vending machine headed to UC Berkeley 
March 12, 2013: Dreambox founding members David Pastewka, Richard Berwick and Will Drevno met at a mobile-application development class at Berkeley in 2011. Finding it difficult to get quick delivery of 3D-printed creations from online vendors, they came up with the idea of creating a network of local, accessible, automated 3D-printing vending machines.
Berkeley Law students win two of six diversity scholarships offered nationwide
March 8, 2013: Berkeley Law students Cristina Sepe and Criselda Haro will each receive a $10,000 scholarship after being named Latham & Watkins Diversity Scholars. They are two of just six law students chosen from more than 300 applicants nationwide.
HR makes changes with move to Campus Shared Services
March 8, 2013: Human Resources has made changes in its delivery of services with its move over into Campus Shared Services.
Person of Interest: Matt Wolpe is building a better chicken coop
March 5, 2013: Person of Interest: It’s an understatement to say that Matt Wolpe, who works in the College of Environmental Design’s fabrication shop, likes to design and build small structures. His new book (with a friend) features 14 designer coops for chickens, and he lives in a 104-square-foot house he made himself.
Regents launch search for next UC president
March 1, 2013: The Board of Regents has launched an international search for a successor to Mark Yudof, who will step down as UC president in August. A special committee, chaired by regent Sherry Lansing, will conduct the search; a recommendation is expected in July.
How will federal sequestration impact the campus?
March 1, 2013: How will federal sequestration impact UC Berkeley?The campus’s Office of Governmental and Community Relations fields questions about anticipated reductions in federal funding.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to keynote 2013 commencement
February 27, 2013: Berkeley’s Class of 2013 has chosen Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to be keynote speaker at its May 18 Commencement Convocation at Memorial Stadium. Gladys Hernandez, senior class council president, said the council put the ’86 alum “at the top of the list” of possible convocation speakers. Wozniak is currently chief scientist for the data-storage company Fusion-io.
Students to query campus finance chief at open forum Tuesday
February 22, 2013: Students have many questions about how UC Berkeley raises and spends money, and what it means for them. John Wilton, vice chancellor for administration and finance, will answer questions at a forum set for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26. Students are invited to submit and vote on questions ahead of time online.
UC-wide staff salary hikes ruled out for 2012-13
February 21, 2013: In a letter to the university community, UC President Mark Yudof says he remains “committed to implementing a systemwide salary program for staff as soon as the UC budget can support one.”
Righting the SHIP
February 19, 2013: In a Daily Cal op-ed, three Berkeley administrators — Ron Coley, associate vice chancellor of business and administrative services; Harry Le Grande, vice chancellor of student affairs; and Andrew Szeri, dean of the Graduate Division — offer some recommendations “to ensure effective and efficient administration” of the UC Student Health Insurance Program, or SHIP.
Campus unveils revised stadium financing plan
February 19, 2013: Working to keep a promise to pay for the Simpson Center for Student-Athlete High Performance and the renovation of California Memorial Stadium without using campus funds, UC Berkeley officials have refined the original financial model to incorporate new sources of revenue.
Math Club president reveals himself to be an undocumented immigrant
February 14, 2013: In a video released nationally on Feb. 14, UC Berkeley Math Club President Terrence Park reveals that he is an undocumented immigrant and, as part of an effort to sway American minds on immigration, makes an economic case for legislation to make young people like him citizens. SFGate’s Spin Cycle politics blog was first with the news.
SkyDeck captures East Bay Catalyst Prize for supporting startups
February 14, 2013: Skydeck, the UC Berkeley startup accelerator in downtown Berkeley, won the Catalyst Award at the first-ever East Bay Innovation Awards celebration.
True love stories, International House style
February 14, 2013: More than 1,000 couples have gone off to lives together after meeting at UC Berkeley’s International House. Among them: Ken and Pat Taylor, whose story of sheltering hostages in Iran is told in the Oscar-nominated film “Argo;” and Mason Gaffney and Estelle Lau, who couldn’t legally marry until laws against interracial marriage changed and whose son and partner were involved in the same-sex marriage case that went to the California Supreme Court. In honor of Valentine’s Day, I-House has posted these stories and many more on its website.
Shaping a global response to sexual violence
February 13, 2013: International scholars, policymakers, human-rights advocates and foreign military leaders will take up the issue of sexual violence during and after conflicts at the Missing Peace Symposium 2013 in Washington, D.C., co-hosted this week by the Human Rights Center at the UC Berkeley School of Law.
Early phases of construction begin for BAM/PFA
February 12, 2013: Work is underway on the future home of BAM/PFA in downtown Berkeley, marking a milestone for the new visual arts center.
Did you meet your sweetheart at International House?
February 12, 2013: UC Berkeley’s I-House is collecting photos and stories of couples and friendships made at International House for a new webpage launching on Valentine’s Day.
Student store moves across Bancroft during construction
February 12, 2013: To accommodate construction in the student union as part of the Lower Sproul renovation, the Cal Student Store will be moving across the street. The store will close on Friday (Feb. 15) and open in its temporary location at 2470 Bancroft Way on Tuesday (Feb. 19).
Newts, up close and (very) personal 
February 11, 2013: For a front-row view of a biological spectacle, newt love, there’s no better spectator stand than the banks of the UC Botanical Garden’s Japanese Pool, and no better time than now. Docents are on hand at specified times to explain the life-cycle and mating rituals of these lively and fascinating amphibians.
Summer is closer than you think: Time to register for camps
February 11, 2013: Summertime for kids at UC Berkeley means a welter of camps, classes and challenges, indoors and out, in labs and in campgrounds, in books and in pools, on just about any topic that might interest a young person. And registration for many is now open.
On the front lines of same-sex marriage fight: One couple’s story
February 11, 2013: Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier never expected to become figureheads in the battle to legalize same-sex marriage. But the case that began as a legal challenge to California’s Proposition 8 has thrust them into the international limelight. The two shared details of their legal and personal journey with 65 rapt students at Berkeley Law.
Academic Senate names Kerr Award winner
February 5, 2013: The Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate has announced the winner of its 2013 Clark Kerr Award for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education. He is Ricardo Romo, president of the University of Texas at San Antonio.
University launches campus climate survey
February 5, 2013: An unprecedented survey, being launched at UC Berkeley on Feb. 5, will query faculty, students and staff about campus climate. Among many incentives to participation, offered by UCOP and the Berkeley campus, is a $10,000 scholarship.
Exploring the world of silence, charted or not
February 5, 2013: Drawing its inspiration from John Cage, a six-week OLLI course delves into art, music, film, neuroscience, bliss, edginess, paradox and more in what Susan Hoffman, OLLI’s director, calls “an experiment” in experiential learning.
