http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Tue, 21 May 2013 23:24:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/biology-scholars-thanks/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/biology-scholars-thanks/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 19:48:06 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34675 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/13/biology-scholars-thanks/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/07/chancellors-farewell-bbq/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/07/chancellors-farewell-bbq/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 21:04:18 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34513 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/07/chancellors-farewell-bbq/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/03/fiat-lux-winners/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/03/fiat-lux-winners/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 19:03:13 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34512 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/05/03/fiat-lux-winners/feed/ 0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX6X4yu2f3Y&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX6X4yu2f3Y&feature=youtu.be#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 20:52:42 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34552 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."]]> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX6X4yu2f3Y&feature=youtu.be/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/25/fourteen-staffers-six-teams-win-chancellors-outstanding-staff-awards/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/25/fourteen-staffers-six-teams-win-chancellors-outstanding-staff-awards/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:57:13 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34511 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/25/fourteen-staffers-six-teams-win-chancellors-outstanding-staff-awards/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/chancellor-visionary-leadership/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/chancellor-visionary-leadership/#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:18:49 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34444 "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." ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/16/chancellor-visionary-leadership/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/10/simpson-berkeley-medal/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/10/simpson-berkeley-medal/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:56:42 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33802 Berkeley alumnus, businessman and philanthropist Barclay Simpson has been awarded the Berkeley Medal, the university’s top honor.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/01/10/simpson-berkeley-medal/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/19/year-in-review-2012/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/19/year-in-review-2012/#comments Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:21:27 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33594 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/12/19/year-in-review-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/20/welcome-chancellor-designate/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/20/welcome-chancellor-designate/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:33:38 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33502 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. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/20/welcome-chancellor-designate/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/07/campus-launches-partnership-with-tsinghua-university/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/07/campus-launches-partnership-with-tsinghua-university/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:00:35 +0000 José Rodríguez http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33417 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/07/campus-launches-partnership-with-tsinghua-university/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/01/chancellors-breakfast/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/01/chancellors-breakfast/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:10:07 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=33174 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/11/01/chancellors-breakfast/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/09/memorial-stadium-re-dedication/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/09/memorial-stadium-re-dedication/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:18:39 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32075 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."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/09/memorial-stadium-re-dedication/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/national-championship-week/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/national-championship-week/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 20:58:39 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32932 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/10/02/national-championship-week/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/chancellor-releases-statement-on-ambassadors-death/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/chancellor-releases-statement-on-ambassadors-death/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 20:54:41 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32957 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/12/chancellor-releases-statement-on-ambassadors-death/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/23/back-2-school-2012/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/23/back-2-school-2012/#comments Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:13:30 +0000 Barry Bergman http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32725 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/08/23/back-2-school-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/24/uc-berkeley-joins-edx/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/24/uc-berkeley-joins-edx/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 07:05:29 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32471 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."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/24/uc-berkeley-joins-edx/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/06/prb-report-2012/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/06/prb-report-2012/#comments Wed, 06 Jun 2012 17:09:35 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31523 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/06/06/prb-report-2012/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/24/chancellor-responds-proposed-constitutional-amendment/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/24/chancellor-responds-proposed-constitutional-amendment/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 23:59:01 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=31136 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/24/chancellor-responds-proposed-constitutional-amendment/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/18/chancellor-search-listening-session/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/18/chancellor-search-listening-session/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 18:10:46 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=30847 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.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/18/chancellor-search-listening-session/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/13/chancellor-birgeneau-announces-he-will-step-down-at-years-end/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/13/chancellor-birgeneau-announces-he-will-step-down-at-years-end/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:12:40 +0000 Gretchen Kell http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=26564 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."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/03/13/chancellor-birgeneau-announces-he-will-step-down-at-years-end/feed/ 0