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The campus community came out to bid farewell Tuesday to Chancellor Robert and Mary Catherine Birgeneau, who greeted well-wishers at a barbecue lunch on the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Plaza.
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Biology scholars thank Birgeneau, Breslauer
May 13, 2013:
More than 50 students and 30 alumni of Berkeley’s Biology Scholars Program gathered recently in the Durant Hall atrium to thank Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost George Breslauer for their support.
Chancellors see Berkeley’s future through students’ eyes
May 3, 2013:
Dirks, who takes over as Berkeley’s chancellor on June 1, and Robert Birgeneau, who has held that position for nine years, took a lunch meeting in a Durant Hall conference room with the winners of the campus’s Fiat Lux Remix contest.
Chancellor looks back: ‘a period where leadership mattered’
April 26, 2013:
In an interview with NBC11, Robert Birgeneau talks access and excellence, Dreamers, and how — despite a budget model for UC Berkeley that has changed in response to severe state funding cuts during his time as chancellor — “we still spend our money, as we should, like a public university.”
Fourteen staffers, six teams win Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards
April 25, 2013:
Fourteen staffers and members of six teams will be honored Monday (April 29) as the UC Berkeley campus recognizes the 2013 recipients of the Chancellor’s Outstanding Staff Awards. Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will hand out awards and shake the honorees’ hands. The 2 p.m. event will be streamed live online.
Chancellor honored for aid to Dream Act students
April 16, 2013:
“I myself am a beneficiary of a community that supported my education,” Chancellor Birgeneau told an appreciative audience at Oakland’s Scottish Rite Center, where he accepted the Centro Legal de La Raza’s “Visionary Leadership Award.”
Barclay Simpson honored with Berkeley Medal
January 10, 2013:
Berkeley alumnus, businessman and philanthropist Barclay Simpson has been awarded the Berkeley Medal, the university’s top honor.
Berkeley 2012 – the year in pictures
December 19, 2012:
New faces, new vitality, reflection and celebration — 2012 brought all that, and more, to UC Berkeley. Here’s a glance back at the year, in pictures.
Welcome celebration set for chancellor-designate
November 20, 2012:
The campus has scheduled a welcome celebration for Chancellor-Designate Nicholas Dirks and his wife, Professor Janaki Bakhle, on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 3:15 p.m. on the steps of Doe Library.
Campus launches partnership with Tsinghua University
November 7, 2012:
UC Berkeley and Tsinghua University in Beijing have a new collaboration that represents “our first major international commitment in China,” Chancellor Birgeneau said on his recent trip to Asia.
Campus, community leaders bond over breakfast
November 1, 2012:
Chancellor Birgeneau hosted his fourth and final annual Community Leaders Breakfast Thursday morning, an opportunity to celebrate town-gown ties that have helped dozens of neighborhood- and community-based projects to flourish.
Stadium now a memorial to all fallen Californians
October 9, 2012:
At Saturday’s Homecoming game, the World War I-era California Memorial Stadium was rededicated to “all Californians who have sacrificed their lives in service to our nation.”
National Championship Week caps banner year
October 2, 2012:
For Berkeley’s seventh annual National Championship Week, Cal’s student-athletes received a well-deserved heroes’ welcome at a reception hosted by Chancellor Birgeneau at University House.
Memo: Chancellor releases statement on ambassador’s death
September 12, 2012:
Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau has issued the following statement about the death of U.S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, who was a UC Berkeley alumnus.
Chancellor’s final back-to-school briefing has the ring of success
August 23, 2012:
Flanked by a half-dozen other campus leaders, Birgeneau made the case Thursday that despite massive cuts in state funding, the twin pillars of his eight-year tenure as chancellor — access and excellence — are thriving.
UC Berkeley joins Harvard and MIT not-for-profit online learning collaborative
July 24, 2012:
UC Berkeley today has joined edX, a not-for-profit online learning initiative founded by Harvard University and MIT and launched last May. The campus will collaborate with edX to expand the number of universities that offer their courses on the edX platform. In a press release issued by edX, Chancellor Birgeneau said the campus is “committed to excellence in online education and the dual goals of distributing higher education more broadly and enriching the quality of campus-based education.”
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.
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.”
Campus leaders address Farrakhan visit
March 11, 2012:
Campus leaders issued a statement regarding a March 10 Afrikan Black Coalition conference that included Minister Louis Farrakhan as a keynote speaker.
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.
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.
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.
Chancellor’s Challenge for student aid a ‘success,’ extended through 2013
December 13, 2011:
Based on the success of the Chancellor’s Challenge for Student Support — nearly 2,000 faculty, staff, students and retirees have contributed $7.1 million to help pay for financial aid to students, which doubles to $14.2 million with campus matching funds — the chancellor announced that he is extending the challenge through 2013.
‘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.
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.
