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Editorial: A welcome revolt against the flawed college ranking system

A handful of top medical schools, including Stanford and Columbia, pulled out of U.S. News & World Report’s annual rankings in January, following a similar exodus of more than a dozen law schools, including UC Berkeley, Yale and Harvard, late last year. It’s a welcome development that is overdue. Undergraduate…

Los Angeles Times

Students prod colleges to let campus greens grow wild

Colleges like UC Berkeley have stopped using chemical pesticides.

Axios

What would a Senate candidate representative of California look like?

SANTA ANA, Calif. — California isn't the same state as when Sen. Dianne Feinstein was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992.

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New Bay Area maps show hidden flood risk from sea level rise and groundwater

Amid dramatic ocean swells and drenching atmospheric rivers, a new report lays bare a hidden aspect of sea level rise that has been exacerbating flooding in the Bay Area.

Los Angeles Times

NWSL Draft Recap: Grading Each Club

Angel City made waves by selecting Alyssa Thompson with the first pick of the evening.

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New ‘kraken’ mutation of the COVID-19 virus is most contagious subvariant yet

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Berkeley's People's Park is again in a fight for the ages, now over UC student housing

People's Park — among California's most contested and colorful patches of public land and a '60s era symbol of free speech and community power — is again embroiled in a battle for the ages, this time involving the University of California, Berkeley, a key environmental law and the acute student…

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Newsom budget includes naloxone for middle and high schools while largely avoiding cuts

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday pledged to provide naloxone — the overdose reversal drug — to every middle and high school, a low-cost but pressing need in a proposed education spending plan that would sustain school budgets but largely end a massive recent expansion of K-12 and college funding.

Los Angeles Times

UC Berkeley will teach psychedelic guides how to facilitate ‘shrooms,’ hallucinogenic drugs

BERKELEY, Calif. — Helping someone taking magic mushrooms have a “good trip” can mean keeping them hydrated or playing Grateful Dead records to safely enjoy the ride.

Tribune News Service

California's Landmark Environmental Law Finally Comes for the Legislature Itself

Golden State lawmakers have refused to fix the California Environmental Quality Act. Now it could cost them a brand new office building.

Reason

Want to wake up refreshed and alert? This is what it takes

There are people who always seem to be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed when they wake. Now science has figured out the reasons why.

The New Daily

UC's academic workers strike brings stress to undergraduates

A month into the nation’s largest strike involving higher education, the work stoppage by University of California academic workers at 10 campuses is causing stress for many undergraduate students

The Independent UK

University of California Strike: Why Berkeley student workers struggle to find safe and affordable homes

Diego Villegas had no illusions that leaving Mexico City to pursue a graduate degree at University of California-Berkeley would be easy. But he was unprepared for the harsh reality of finding safe and affordable housing in a college town struggling to accommodate its growing student population.

Tribune News Service

Chaos over grades, finals and ongoing classes erupts as UC strike continues

LOS ANGELES — UCLA junior Sania Tuli is worried that she’s missing material she’ll need when she takes her medical college admission exam next year. UC Riverside senior Nathalie Boutros fears she is falling behind in a class required to graduate because she hasn’t been able to find help during…

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UC Berkeley student groups' refusal to invite Zionist speakers draws civil rights complaint

LOS ANGELES — A federal civil rights complaint accuses the University of California, Berkeley of an "act of discrimination against the Jewish community" by allowing law school student groups to adopt bylaws refusing to invite speakers who support Zionism.

Los Angeles Times

UC regents delay final decision on UCLA’s Big Ten move until December

Despite UCLA’s push for clarity, the University of California Board of Regents declined Thursday to settle questions surrounding the Bruins’ move to the Big Ten and instead plans to finalize a decision at a Dec. 14 special meeting.

Los Angeles Times

UC Berkeley Law School to withdraw from U.S. News & World Report rankings

LOS ANGELES — The University of California, Berkeley Law School announced Thursday it would withdraw from U.S. News & World Report's closely watched evaluations of higher education institutions, saying the ratings' methodology penalizes schools that encourage public service and low costs.

Dynamite News

Earth-sun distance dramatically alters seasons in equatorial Pacific: Study

Earth is closer to the sun at some times of year than at others, with the time of closest approach shifting over a period of 22,000 years. Read more on Dynamite News:

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California banned affirmative action in 1996. Inside the UC struggle for diversity

For nearly half a century, the University of California has been at the center of national debates over affirmative action and who is entitled to coveted seats in the premier public higher education system.

WEKU

The fastest ever laundry-folding robot is here. And it's likely still slower than you

Researchers and companies have tried over the years to automate the chore with limited success. Using a brand new method, researchers have taught a robot to fold a record 30-40 garments per hour.

Los Angeles Times

UC Berkeley hires private security company after fatal shooting near campus stirs safety concerns

The University of California, Berkeley has hired a private security company to patrol an area around campus following a fatal shooting near the school earlier this month that has heightened concerns about crime.

Tribune News Service

California Republican likens US Senate run to Christian mission in ‘dark continent of Africa’

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Mark Meuser is no stranger to uphill battles in California politics. The Republican, running a longshot bid to unseat Sen. Alex Padilla in the deep blue state, is a staunchly conservative lawyer who opposes abortion rights and believes the 2020 presidential election is still unresolved.

Reason

U.C. Berkeley School of Law Faculty Statement in Support of Jewish Law Students

Given David Bernstein's and my posts here on this controversy, I thought I'd pass along this statement from various UC Berkeley Law School faculty members, which was released late last week: We hereby endorse the principle of free and open speech at the law school. This includes the fundamental principle…

Tribune News Service

1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting near UC Berkeley campus

BERKELEY, Calif. — One person was killed and three others were wounded in an early-morning shooting Saturday near the UC Berkeley campus, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times

UC housing crisis forces students into multiple jobs to pay rent, sleeping bags and stress

LOS ANGELES — Matthew Chin couldn't wait to dive into the life of a UC Santa Cruz college student after the loneliness of online learning. But instead, he is missing out on the camaraderie of roommates, dorm life and full slate of campus activities he had hoped to embrace.

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