Karen Rhodes

A crowd comprising mostly students and faculty from the campus’s electrical engineering and computer sciences department filled Soda Hall’s HP Auditorium on Wednesday night for a town hall discussion, in response to concern spurred by long waitlists for various EECS courses.

UC Berkeley hosted its second year of the Big Give Wednesday, a campus-wide online philanthropy event.

A hall on the north side of campus plans to open its doors for the first time Aug. 20 to host classes during the upcoming academic year and to encourage innovations in design and engineering.

UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering and a Chinese university are leading efforts in a partnership that will allow students and faculty from both institutions to collaborate on research in several emerging fields.

Construction on Jacobs Hall, a new Northside building that will house an engineering design institute, began Monday amid lingering concern from some students who feel that their voices haven’t been heard in the campus’s decision-making process.

Administrators, students and donors celebrated the groundbreaking of a new engineering building on Saturday while a small group of protesters continued to express opposition to its imminent construction.

The construction and proposed design of a new engineering building on the north side of campus has raised concerns from some community members who believe it sharply contrasts with the character of the neighborhood.

On Jan. 1, UC Berkeley will take on a new year's resolution of sorts as the campus implements a new energy use policy aimed at saving energy and reducing costs for the years to come.

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.

The UC Berkeley College of Engineering presented designs for a planned building to be built next to Soda Hall at a community open house Thursday.