Oscar Dubon

Dania Matos, former associate chancellor and chief diversity officer at UC Merced, will formally become UC Berkeley’s vice chancellor for equity and inclusion beginning Aug. 16.

Anti-Asian hate crimes have risen significantly during the coronavirus pandemic, with reporting database Stop AAPI Hate receiving almost 3,000 accounts of hate crimes since last spring.

Marsha Jaeger, assistant vice chancellor for educational partnerships at the campus Center for Educational Partnerships, or CEP, retired Sunday after more than 32 years of working on campus.

The ASUC Senate discussed current semester initiatives and plans regarding equity, inclusion and services for new students at its Wednesday night meeting.

Violence against Indigenous peoples of what is today California should not be discounted or minimized by campus faculty to preserve the fictional benevolence of their disciplines.

UC Berkeley student life and engagement will look different in the fall compared to previous semesters because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Robert D. Haas Undocumented Community Resource Center held its grand opening Feb. 6, creating a space specifically for undocumented students and allies. The Undocumented Community Resource Center, located at 180 César Chávez Student Center, is a space that provides undocumented students and allies with professional academic counseling, mental health support, access to resources and a place to study.

Oscar Dubón, the UC Berkeley vice chancellor for equity and inclusion, is chairing a task force this semester in an effort to become a Hispanic-Serving Institution, or HSI, in the next decade.

Wednesday night’s ASUC Senate meeting erupted in controversy, as the ASUC commented on issues regarding India and Kashmir.

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, or CZI, announced Tuesday that it will award more than $6.9 million to fund programs at UC Berkeley and UC San Diego supporting underrepresented students in STEM fields.