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NEWS ABOUT: UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley stories: 25 news summaries

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School posts 300 hours of classes on YouTube, offering 'public window into university life'

Oct 3, 07 6:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Google • YouTube • Sergey Brin • UC Berkeley • classroom

Recruiters
Pick Top 10
Biz Schools

WSJ's annual rankings come up with some surprising choices

Sep 18, 07 8:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ivy Leaguers and Mormons round out this year's eclectic list of top MBA programs.  To come up with the rankings WSJ and Harris Interactive asked 4,430 recruiters to rank M.B.A. programs on 21 attributes, including leadership potential, and communication skills.  National Rankings:
  1. Dartmouth College
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education • Columbia University • list • UC Berkeley • school • business school • Wake Forest University • Dartmouth • Recruiters • Brigham Young University • Ohio State University • MBA • Indiana University

UC Berkeley Gets $113M to Corral Profs

Gift will slow loss of good teachers to richer, private schools

Sep 10, 07 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - UC Berkeley will announce a $113 million gift today, which the school will use to create 100 new endowed chairs—hopefully slowing the emigration of professors to the juicier paychecks offered by private universities. The gift is unusual in that it will go straight to ordinary activities rather than building... More »

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education • California • higher education • big gifts • UC Berkeley • college • endowed chair • teaching • professor

Student at Wheel Charged in Halberstam Death

Prosecutor calls crash 'more than a mistake'

Jun 22, 07 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - The student who drove the car in which journalism icon David Halberstam was killed will be charged with vehicular manslaughter, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Kevin Jones, 26, a UC Berkeley journalism student, allegedly ran a red light to turn left and collided with an oncoming car. He faces... More »

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David Halberstam • UC Berkeley • Pulitzer Prize • Menlo Park • Best and Brightest • vehicular manslaughter • car crash

Left Coast Democrats
Lead in Nanny Laws

"Paternalistic" lawmakers are a sign that financially, society has arrived  

Mar 8, 07 9:03 PM CST
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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California • Democrats • nanny laws • California legislature • Bruce Cain • political science • post materialism • UC Berkeley • smoking ban

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