A congressional committee has formally requested the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to provide information regarding its partnership with a Chinese state-controlled university, citing grave research security concerns. In a letter to UC Berkeley’s president and chancellor on July 13, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) said the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen…
UC Berkeley Faces Congressional Investigation Over China Ties
July 18, 2023
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UC Berkeley Failed to Report Millions From China: Report
A new report is alleging the University of California–Berkeley failed to disclose millions in undisclosed Chinese funds. Those funds are tied to a renowned university in Beijing, known as “China’s MIT.” While debate continues over whether the money totaled tens or hundreds of millions, the university has a different take, while at the same time…
UC Berkeley Fires Swim Coach McKeever Over Misconduct Allegations
BERKELEY, Calif.—Longtime University of California women’s swimming coach Teri McKeever was fired Tuesday following an investigation into alleged harassment, bullying, and verbally abusive conduct, the school said in a statement. McKeever led the Golden Bears to four NCAA team titles over 29 years. She coached the U.S. women’s swim team at the London Olympics in…
UC Berkeley Under Investigation After Student Group Bans Zionist Speakers
Two lawyers filed a complaint on Nov. 18 with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against the University of California, Berkeley over what they consider antisemitic student group policies. In August, the UC Berkeley student group Law Students for Justice in Palestine adopted a bylaw stating that the group will not…
University of California, Workers Reach Deal to End Strike
December 16, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The University of California (UC) reached an agreement Dec. 16 with some 36,000 graduate student teaching assistants and other academic workers for increased pay and benefits that could potentially end a monthlong strike—the largest of its kind in the nation—at the prestigious state system. The strike disrupted classes at all 10 of the university…
UC Workers Agree to Mediation in Hopes of Resolving Strike
December 9, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The union representing striking University of California graduate student workers agreed Dec. 9 to enter into a mediation process in hopes of resolving a stalemate in negotiations with the university system. “We feel that in order to make progress, it is time for somebody else to step in,” Tarini Hardikar, a member of the…
UC Researchers and Student Employees Strike Across California Campuses
November 14, 2022
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Thousands of researchers and student employees have gone on strike across the 10 University of California (UC) campuses on Nov. 14 citing unfair working conditions and pay. “After months at the bargaining table and 26 unfair labor practices filed, we have no choice but to move towards a strike,” Jade Moore, a bargaining team member,…
Researchers and Student Employees Strike at UC Campuses
November 14, 2022
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Thousands of researchers and student employees have gone on strike across the 10 University of California (UC) campuses on Nov. 14 citing unfair working conditions and pay. “After months at the bargaining table and 26 unfair labor practices filed, we have no choice but to move towards a strike,” Jade Moore, a bargaining team member,…
China’s Human Rights Victims to Speak at UC Berkeley Event
April 7, 2022
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Student organizers of an event to expose China’s human rights abuses are hoping campus security will be tight at the UC Berkeley campus in Northern California. Organizers of the “Atrocities of the CCP” event on April 15 have asked campus police to beef up security after recent unsealed complaints from the Justice Department reveal a…
Newsom Lifts Freeze on UC Berkeley Enrollment
March 18, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—California Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this week overturned a recent Supreme Court ruling that would have required the University of California (UC)–Berkeley to deny admission to about 3,000 students after they had already received acceptance letters. Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 118 into law on March 14—a bill that passed unanimously both in the…
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