Lynn Huntsinger

For Bill Stewart, a forestry and cooperative extension specialist at UC Berkeley, finding massive herds of goats chomping on dry vegetation in Berkeley has been a regular occurrence for the last 40 years.

With the COVID-19 pandemic throwing the UC Berkeley community into a virtual setting last spring, campus administrators continue to work to stay ahead of an unpredictable curve.

UC Berkeley professors have been forced to shift to online methods of teaching amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a transition that was difficult for lab-based classes.

An outdoor instruction pilot program proposed by UC Berkeley administrators that will last from Oct. 26 to Nov. 24 and allow certain in-person activities has been approved by Berkeley public health officials.

Attorneys and activists Saru Jayaraman and Angela Glover Blackwell were slated to speak at the College of Natural Resources, or CNR, and Goldman School of Public Policy, of GSPP, graduation ceremonies, respectively.

When it comes to environmentalism, many UC Berkeley professors, students and staff members have reached a consensus: The green movement is too white.

Every year in July, hundreds of goats arrive in the hills of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to graze and help prevent wildfires in the East Bay.