Andrew Dickey

UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering is planning to create a new minor in engineering design aimed at giving students more opportunities for hands-on education and experience.

After laughing and chatting in close knit circles it’s finally time for a group of Nigerian state legislators, in the living room of UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy, to hear the day’s lecture — a lecture which aims to bring them one step closer to implementing better public policies in their state.

Two UC Berkeley students were the victims of an armed robbery on the west exterior steps of Building 2 at the Clark Kerr Campus (CKC) residential halls early Tuesday morning.

In the wake of record-high freshman admittance to UC Berkeley this year, Units 1, 2, and 3 may see some student floor lounges turned into quads and some doubles turned into triples.

This week, BART is showcasing a scale wooden replica of a preliminary design for new train cars that it plans to begin rolling out in 2017.

Berkeley’s city council became first in the nation last Tuesday to adopt an official policy to divest funds from 200 fossil fuel-producing companies, joining a nationwide movement to try to help curb global climate change.

According to findings released last Monday from an annual independent survey, many “soft-story” buildings in Berkeley continue to not meet seismic safety standards designated by city ordinance.

The Donald Vial Center for Employment in the Green Economy – part of UC Berkeley’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment – will begin consulting the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on developing new training programs for employees in the utilities industry as part of a statewide initiative to reduce carbon emissions and increase environmental sustainability.