Carol Christ 2017

In conjunction with plans by the UC Board of Regents to increase enrollment in the coming years, the campus faces an ever-pressing need to provide adequate student housing. To do so, new Chancellor Carol Christ has turned to the city.

In 1952, UC Berkeley discarded a presidential system and adopted a chancellorship.

Christ insisted that “Cal Athletics have to have a balanced budget by 2020.”

Chancellor Christ has a powerful opportunity to become the champion that helps the campus rise to its potential as a global and national sustainability leader

Engaging with graduate and professional students does not undercut the important work around undergraduate education.

The land now known as People's Park was landmarked in 1984. And it is no accident that almost nobody knows why.

Can her energy and commitment to UC Berkeley move us in the right direction?

The Bay Area housing crisis is central to the question of UC Berkeley’s future. Housing prices in Berkeley are among the highest in the nation.

In recent years, the campus has garnered attention for several high-profile sexual harassment cases — including alleged violations of UC sexual misconduct policy by former campus astronomy professor Geoffrey Marcy and former UC Berkeley School of Law dean Sujit Choudhry.

In its 149-year history, UC Berkeley has never had female leadership at the very top — until this year, with the appointment of Chancellor Carol Christ.