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"He was probably the most memorable undergraduate student I've had in my years of teaching," said Luba Golburt, an associate professor in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, recalling the young man who was among 36 people to die in Friday night's horrific warehouse fire in...Read more about Griffin Madden recalled as gifted and ‘luminous’ by UC Berkeley professors

Vanessa Plotkin, a UC Berkeley student, and Griffin Madden, a UC Berkeley alumnus, have been identified as victims in the Oakland fire that occurred Friday, according to a press release issued by the city of Oakland on Tuesday night.

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The campus will hold a memorial service Thursday, December 8th from 12 to 1 pm at Zellerbach Hall.

The official death toll from Oakland's warehouse fire has been updated to include two UC Berkeley students, two recent graduates and a community volunteer at the campus...Read more about Campus mourns five killed in Oakland warehouse fire

Donald Trump is adopting a softer tone on young undocumented immigrants granted work permits through an Obama-era directive that the president-elect has vowed to repeal once he's in the White House.

Some 740,000 so-called Dreamers have been given a deportation reprieve and other benefits...Read more about Trump: "We're going to work something out" with Dreamers

For Americans horrified by the fatal fire in Oakland, many did the only thing they could: open their wallets.

Hundreds of thousands of dollars have poured into two principal fund-raising campaigns since the warehouse fire in the city's Fruitvale neighborhood on Friday left at least 36...Read more about An Outpouring of Support in Oakland

The death count from the Oakland warehouse fire remained at 36 Tuesday morning, and officials said they do not expect to recover more victims from the ruins of the building. "Based on the areas that remain unsearched, I don't anticipate it going up," Battalion Chief Robert Lipp said of the death...Read more about Investigators find the area where the deadly fire began

Last week the University of California announced that it will not cooperate with federal immigration agents and that it welcomes students, quote, "without regard to their immigration status." It's a move that could put the university directly in conflict with the Trump administration....Read more about University of California Pledges to Fight Trump On Immigration Policy

Formerly incarcerated undergrads started a group on campus to offer mentoring, support, and advocacy to other former inmates.

The first day of his first semester at the University of California, Berkeley, Danny Murillo walked into the Cesar Chavez building and saw a white man with tattoos...Read more about The Ex-Con Scholars of Berkeley

UC Berkeley student Jenny Morris has been identified as a victim of the Oakland warehouse fire that took place Friday night, according to her friend, Christopher Jadallah. The status of UC Berkeley student Vanessa Plotkin, Morris' roommate who was reported to be missing after the fire, is still...Read more about UC Berkeley Student Jenny Morris identified as victim of Oakland warehouse fire

Dear Campus Community,

It is with profound concern and regret that I write to inform you that members of the Berkeley campus community are among those who remain missing in the wake of the devastating fire that consumed an event space in Oakland late Friday night. The most recent reports...Read more about Oakland Warehouse Fire Statement from the Chancellor