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A natural gas burning plant currently generates 90% of UC Berkeley’s energy. But for the past several years, campus has been evaluating the idea of transitioning to a cleaner energy source.

Following a week of voting, four bargaining units of UAW announced a historic authorization to strike. This Daily Californian tool follows all four contract negotiations as tentative agreements are reached between the UC system and the academic worker unions.

A campaign is pushing the UC system to allow the hiring of undocumented students following an October ruling that prohibits new undocumented immigrants from applying to the DACA program.

Approximately $1.1 billion in revenue bonds to finance projects overseen by the UC Board of Regents were announced by California State Treasurer Fiona Ma Friday.

The UC system announced a one-year pilot partnership with the academic publisher Wiley where authors can publish their work open access for a discount.

Right now, postdocs are coming together through our union to urge the university to take effective steps to create an inclusive and safe workplace and end the abuse that drives many researchers out of academia.

Students of color have driven UC Berkeley’s long and storied history of activism — something that many students, staff and campus leaders acknowledge as one of the markers of its prestige.

For all workers, a union would provide a direct line to the school to address topics that may be difficult and time-consuming to negotiate individually.

For a student used to paying in-state rates, the loss of residency could make UC tuition entirely unaffordable — $30,000 more per year.

Joining the city of Berkeley, the U.S. Senate and the UC system officially observed Juneteenth as a holiday for the first time.