http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:46:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/18/chancellor-responds-to-divestment-vote/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/18/chancellor-responds-to-divestment-vote/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:30:37 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=34473 "I sincerely hope that we can avoid the rancor and divisiveness that arose in the wake of a previous ASUC vote in 2010," Chancellor Birgeneau writes, "even as we support every student’s right to freedom of expression and acknowledge the diversity of views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2013/04/18/chancellor-responds-to-divestment-vote/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/04/29/asucvote/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/04/29/asucvote/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:00:05 +0000 Public Affairs http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=3301 On April 28, the ASUC Senate upheld a veto of a bill that called for the UC Berkeley administration and the UC Regents to divest from any investment in companies with business interests which support "the occupation of the Palestinian territories" by Israel. UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau reacts to the debate. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/04/29/asucvote/feed/ 0