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  • July 2008

    • UC-Berkeley Can Chop Sitters' Trees: Judge

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jul 23, 08 4:11 PM CDT

      UC-Berkeley Can Chop Sitters' Trees: Judge

      After a year and a half of wrangling, a California judge gave UC Berkeley the green light yesterday to cut down dozens of trees in order to build an athletic training center next to its football stadium. Three protesters are still living in one tree at the site and are refusing to leave, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »

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      UC Berkeley  • protesters  • University of California Berkeley  • tree-sitters

  • June 2008

    • Ruling Doesn't Chop Tree-Hugging Stalemate

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jun 19, 08 4:05 PM CDT

      Ruling Doesn't Chop Tree-Hugging Stalemate

      UC Berkeley can't yet proceed with a $140 million athletic center, a judge ruled yesterday, even as the university continued to dismantle structures belonging to protesters trying to save a grove of trees that would be cut down during construction, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Earthquake safety is the major issue; though the project is nearly compliant, environmental groups cheered the ruling. More »

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      UC Berkeley  • protesters  • trees  • University of California Berkeley  • tree-sitters

  • April 2008

    • Berkeley Fights Donation Policy Without Protests

      newser  |  Inside Bay Area (Oakland)  |  Apr 8, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      Berkeley Fights Donation Policy Without Protests

      Several San Francisco-area campuses have banned blood drives to protest federal policies preventing sexually active gay men from donating blood, but at UC-Berkeley, students are making a point without resorting to boycotts. Instead of withholding blood on grounds the 25-year-old FDA rule is discriminatory, Cal is encouraging gay students to recruit eligible donors to give for them, the Oakland Tribune reports. More »

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      FDA  • gay  • UC Berkeley  • San Jose State University  • donated blood  • blood drives

  • March 2008

    • Intel, Microsoft Fund Multicore Research

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 17, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Intel, Microsoft Fund Multicore Research

      Intel and Microsoft will fund researchers at two universities working on new programming techniques for multicore chips, sources told the Wall Street Journal . The companies will reportedly provide $2 million annually for five years, to speed the development of chips that can contain dozens—or even hundreds—of microprocessors of multiple types. One of the grants is expected to go to UC Berkeley. More »

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      Microsoft  • Intel  • computer chip  • UC Berkeley  • microprocessors  • computer programming  • computer science

    • Berkeley, Stanford Partner with Saudi University

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Mar 5, 08 2:45 AM CST

      Berkeley, Stanford Partner with Saudi University

      Berkeley and Stanford University will help choose faculty and develop curricula for a new university in Saudi Arabia, reports the San Jose Mercury News . The graduate-level King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, funded by a $10 billion gift from the king, will focus on fields like petrochemicals and nano-technology when it opens in September 2009. University of California administrators said they agreed to the deal only with assurances that women would be treated equally. More »

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      Saudi Arabia  • King Abdullah  • higher education  • mathematics  • Stanford University  • UC Berkeley  • nanotechnology

    • Best Undergrad Biz Schools

      newser  |  BusinessWeek  |  Mar 1, 08 6:10 PM CST

      Best Undergrad Biz Schools

      The financial world may be on its ear, but undergraduate business schools are booming as increasing numbers of quality high school grads drive up standards and B-school grads command more on the employment market. Here are the 10 best, as ranked by Business Week: Pennsylvania (Wharton): Can be too competitive. Virginia (McIntire): Intense workload. Notre Dame (Mendoza): Ethics focus draws raves. More »

  • February 2008

    • UC Berkeley Rumbles Over City Council's War Criticism

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Feb 12, 08 4:42 PM CST

      UC Berkeley Rumbles Over City Council's War Criticism

      Berkeley is getting a little of its ‘60s vibe back, with pro- and anti-war groups gearing up for a night of demonstrations as the City Council decides whether to revoke a letter critical of the Marine Corps, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The council’s letter, written 2 weeks ago, demands that the Marines abandon their recruiting post near the UC Berkeley campus. More »

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      US military  • protests  • US Marine Corps  • UC Berkeley  • political activism

  • January 2008

    • Craigslist Gives $1.6M for New Media Chair

      newser  |  San Jose Mercury News  |  Jan 18, 08 8:44 PM CST

      Craigslist Gives $1.6M for New Media Chair

      Internet mainstay Craigslist is giving $1.6 million to help the University of California-Berkeley set up a faculty chair devoted to new media, the San Jose Mercury News reports. The gift will help create a setting "where scholars and students can explore the powerful effect of new media and think rigorously about how new media will continue to change our lives," Berkeley's chancellor said. More »

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      California  • university  • donation  • Craigslist  • UC Berkeley  • endowment  • new media

  • November 2007

    • College Gets Podcasted

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Nov 24, 07 2:30 PM CST

      College Gets Podcasted

      Want to attend Yale for free? Thanks to Apple, you sort of can. Many colleges, including Yale, Stanford and MIT, now offer free lecture downloads through iTunes U. You won’t get a diploma, but thousands of non-traditional learners don’t mind, the LA Times reports. “They thirst for understanding and knowledge,” said one podcasted prof. “Something revolutionary is happening.” More »

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      iPod  • iTunes  • MIT  • higher education  • Yale University  • iTunes Store  • UC Berkeley  • Stanford  • podcast

    • Radio Thinner Than Hair Invented

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Nov 2, 07 5:55 PM CDT

      Radio Thinner Than Hair Invented

      A UC Berkeley team has invented the world's smallest radio, composed of a single carbon nanotube 10,000 times thinner than a human hair. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the device is the first fully functional radio to qualify as a piece of nanotechnology -- inventions no larger than a 100 billionths of a meter. More »

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      radio  • UC Berkeley  • nanotechnology

  • October 2007

    • Go to Berkeley Online, for Free

      newser  |  CNET  |  Oct 3, 07 6:52 PM CDT

      Go to Berkeley Online, for Free

      Now you can get a UC Berkeley education online, as the school has begun posting course lectures on YouTube. Forget the kittens and the exploding soda cans: there are more than 300 hours of videotaped class time at youtube.com/ucberkeley. Said a vice provost of the experiment, it “will provide a public window into university life,” CNET reports. More »

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      Google  • YouTube  • UC Berkeley  • Sergey Brin  • classroom

  • September 2007
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  • March 2007

    • Left Coast Democrats Lead in Nanny Laws

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 8, 07 9:03 PM CST

      Left Coast Democrats Lead in Nanny Laws

      Smoking, trans fat and auto emissions are only the beginning: A group of California legislators is agitating for measures regulating everything from having your pet neutered to changing your light bulbs. They're called "nanny laws," and poli-sci types say they're a product of prosperity. It's "post materialist," says Bruce Cain, a political scientist at UC Berkeley. Such measures are about quality of life, not survival, he says. More »

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      California  • Democrats  • smoking ban  • UC Berkeley  • California legislature  • political science  • nanny laws

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