Tag: administration

Chancellor No. 10, day No. 1

June 3, 2013:

After months of meetings and preparation, Nicholas Dirks arrived for work June 3 as Berkeley’s 10th chancellor. On a day that was all about connections, he received a warm welcome from staff in California Hall, and a loud serenade from the Cal Marching Band.

Police board calls for tighter oversight on use of force in student protests

June 6, 2012:

Commissioned by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau after the events of Nov. 9, 2011, the 36-page report calls on campus administrators to do more to articulate “strictly confined limits” on police tactics during protest events.

Chancellor expresses concerns about proposed constitutional amendment

May 24, 2012:

Chancellor Birgeneau responds to a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution that would restrict the enrollment of out-of-state and international students on UC campuses.

Chancellor search panel sets second ‘listening session’

May 18, 2012:

The advisory committee spearheading the search for UC Berkeley’s next chancellor will hold an open meeting on Tuesday, May 22, to get input from members of the campus community.

Talks planned on shared use of Gill Tract

May 11, 2012:

Campus officials have set a Saturday meeting with city leaders, residents, community members and UC Berkeley students and faculty to weigh “steps necessary for research to commence, and urban agriculture to continue on the Gill Tract.” Two seats will be reserved for “representatives of the group that is still occupying” the property.

Campus blocks vehicle access to Gill Tract, responds to demands

May 8, 2012:

On Wednesday morning, UCPD officers placed two concrete barriers across entrances to the Gill Tract that provide vehicular access to university property. Campus officials say the occupiers, who issued a new set of demands on May 7, still have the opportunity to accept a proposal that would allow for a peaceful resolution to the situation.

Campus administration statement on Gill Tract protest

May 4, 2012:

George Breslauer, executive vice chancellor and provost, and John Wilton, vice chancellor, administration and finance, describe a “frank and forthright exchange of information and perspectives” at a meeting with protesters Thursday evening, but say “an agreement has yet to be reached” on disbanding the Albany encampment.

Chancellor Birgeneau announces he will step down at year’s end

March 13, 2012:

Chancellor Birgeneau will step down from his post on Dec. 31, 2012, he announced Tuesday in a letter to the campus community. UC President Yudof praised him as “a passionate, dedicated and effective steward of the world’s greatest public university.”

Protest Response Team outlines ‘evolving approach’ to campus unrest

February 22, 2012:

In a CalMessage to the UC Berkeley community, George Breslauer, executive vice chancellor and provost, and John Wilton, vice chancellor for administration and finance, lay out the campus’s new guidelines for dealing with protests that violate campus policies. Co-chairs of the campus’s Protest Response Team, Breslauer and Wilton note that the guidelines “proved helpful in reaching peaceful resolutions” of three recent protests.

Administrators continue to reach out to Occupy Cal protesters

February 16, 2012:

BERKELEY — Occupy Cal protesters remain on campus despite efforts of faculty and administration last weekend and throughout this week to encourage them to end the protest. On Tuesday, the group moved from Sproul Plaza to the steps of Doe Library citing a need to draw more attention to their cause according to some media stories. Reports in [...]

At subdued Boalt Hall forum, Nov. 9 protest clash gets a hearing

February 14, 2012:

A Police Review Board forum drew a sparse crowd, but elicited powerful testimony from students, faculty and others who said they were victims of, or witnesses to, police violence during November’s Occupy Cal protests.

Protest and tents move to Doe library

February 14, 2012:

Student protesters moved their tents early today (Tuesday, Feb. 14) from Sproul Hall Plaza to the north entrance of the campus’s main library, administration officials report.

Jury returns verdict in use of force case

February 11, 2012:

BERKELEY — Yesterday a federal jury returned a definitive verdict in favor of U.C. Berkeley Police Officer Brendan Tinney finding that he did not use excessive force against a protester during the November 20, 2009 protests at Wheeler Hall. Officer Tinney was defending the metal barricade line on November 20 attempting to control a large crowd. Earlier in the day, [...]

For Chancellor Birgeneau, research is for life

February 6, 2012:

Throughout his tenure as UC Berkeley chancellor, Robert Birgeneau has sustained a research interest in new materials, maintaining labs both on campus and at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Upon his recent receipt of the Shull Prize from the Neutron Scattering Society of America, Birgeneau reflected on the role research has played in his life at Berkeley.

Police Review Board sets public forum dates

February 6, 2012:

The Police Review Board announced today (Monday, Feb.6) that two public forums will take place, providing an opportunity for individuals to share their accounts of the events of Nov. 9, 2011

District court rules in favor of UC Berkeley

December 23, 2011:

BERKELEY — The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a lawsuit this week that claimed UC Berkeley had interfered with the speech and religious rights of Jewish students. The suit, Felber v. Yudof, was brought by one present and one former student and asserted that UC Berkeley failed to prevent anti-Israel demonstrations on campus. The ruling, [...]

Berkeley 2011 — the year in pictures

December 22, 2011:

Beyond the protests, the story — as always — is one of engagement, passion and perseverance in the face of challenges, whether institutional or personal.

‘Routine’ police panel meeting gets ‘Occupy’d’

December 2, 2011:

When the campus Police Review Board met Thursday, it was not to discuss the events of Nov. 9. That, however, was precisely what students and supporters wanted to talk about.

Teepee, banner to stay on plaza

December 2, 2011:

The decision by campus administrators extends an existing agreement to allow the two items, the most visible remnants of last month’s Occupy Cal protests.

Lawmaker talks budget with students, meets with chancellor

November 30, 2011:

State Sen. Kevin De León made a public appearance on Sproul Plaza Monday, followed by a private meeting with Birgeneau in California Hall.

Lawsuit filed over Nov. 9 protests

November 30, 2011:

A group made up of 18 UC Berkeley students, one staff member and five others filed a federal lawsuit Monday against police and Berkeley administrators stemming from actions taken by the campus Nov. 9 to prevent Occupy Cal encampments on Sproul Plaza.

Faculty Senate criticizes response to Occupy Cal protest

November 29, 2011:

At a special meeting on Monday, the Berkeley Academic Senate voted 336 to 34 in favor of four resolutions ranging from a call for special training for campus police to a condemnation of “the UC Berkeley administration’s authorization of violent responses to nonviolent protests over the past two years.”

No-confidence proposal revised by faculty authors

November 28, 2011:

The Berkeley Division of the Academic Senate has scheduled a special meeting on Monday, Dec. 28, to take up a series of resolutions prompted by the Nov. 9 campus confrontation between police and Occupy Cal protesters.

Faculty senate to take up no-confidence resolution

November 23, 2011:

After a sleepout on Sproul, a quiet morning, sprinkled with tents

November 22, 2011:

Vowing to ensure that “the rights of protesters and non-protesters alike are protected,” campus administrators took a wait-and-see approach to a small Occupy Cal encampment that sprang up overnight on the steps of Sproul Hall. “It’s not about the tents,” said one protester. “It’s about the cuts in education… [and] our voices being heard.”