BERKELEY'S NEWS • SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Jeffrey Perloff
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Obituary
AUGUST 19, 2018
'He brought us all together': UC Berkeley professor, forestry economist Peter Berck dies at 68
Berck earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He returned to campus as an assistant professor in 1976, where he remained for the duration of his career. Berck never retired, continuing to advise students and conduct research even as his illness worsened, according to his wife Cyndi Berck.
Obituary
AUGUST 19, 2018
'He brought us all together': UC Berkeley professor, forestry economist Peter Berck dies at 68
Berck earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from UC Berkeley and a Ph.D. in economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He returned to campus as an assistant professor in 1976, where he remained for the duration of his career. Berck never retired, continuing to advise students and conduct research even as his illness worsened, according to his wife Cyndi Berck.
Campus
MARCH 22, 2018
'Histories of racism, colonialism and exclusion': UC Berkeley considers changing controversial building names
Some of the buildings that have been called into question include Barrows Hall, LeConte Hall and Boalt Hall. Estacio said these buildings' namesakes are each tied to “different histories of racism, colonialism and exclusion.”
Campus
MARCH 22, 2018
'Histories of racism, colonialism and exclusion': UC Berkeley considers changing controversial building names
Some of the buildings that have been called into question include Barrows Hall, LeConte Hall and Boalt Hall. Estacio said these buildings' namesakes are each tied to “different histories of racism, colonialism and exclusion.”
