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The past two weeks have ripped at the heart of America.

We have had to witness senseless killings and we’ve had to witness far too many of them.

The nation witnessed with outrage and grief the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, their names added to a list that is...Read more about Can We Create a Different Story?

Diana Lizarraga, the director of the Cal NERDS program, has been given the KPIX Jefferson Award for her work with non-traditional students studying Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Reporter Sharon Chin came to Stephens Hall to talk with Diana and then joined some of the...Read more about Cal NERDS Director Receives Jefferson Award

Dear UC Berkeley Community,

The national events of the past few days have been both heartbreaking and traumatic. We have witnessed unconscionable racialized state violence in Louisiana and Minnesota in the senseless killing of African American men Philando Castile and Alton Sterling at...Read more about Community Vigil and Healing Circle, Monday July 11

Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter announced that starting today, transgender people will now be allowed to openly serve in the armed forces. "Effective immediately, transgender Americans may serve openly. Our mission is to defend this country, and we don’t want barriers unrelated to a person’s...Read more about Pentagon Lifts Ban on Transgender Troops

Last week the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision blocking President Obama's plan to allow some illegal residents to work legally in the United States. The program would have protected up to five million undocumented workers from being deported and allow them to work. The vote was tied 4-...Read more about How will the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on immigration affect you?

The historic match up of the Cal Bears against the Grambling State Tigers is being celebrated by a week long series of events and community outreach that will advocate for educational equity and achievement with in the African American Community. The events are sponsored by the UC Berkeley Black...Read more about Division of Equity & Inclusion Proud to Support #Black2Cal Events in September for Educational Equity and Achievement

Na’ilah Suad Nasir, professor of education and chair of African American Studies, has been named as UC Berkeley’s next vice chancellor for equity and inclusion. A member of the faculty since 2008, Nasir studies cultural and racial dimensions of schooling and learning. She is the mother of four,...Read more about UC Berkeley's Na'ilah Nasir Named Next Vice Chancellor of Equity & Inclusion

Accepting his Foundations for Change: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize on Thursday, Sepehr Vakil confessed he'd once been "skeptical about the ability and the willingness of the academy to really be a force for social change."

But Vakil, a Ph.D. candidate in UC Berkeley's Graduate School of...Read more about STEM activist, Ph.D. candidate wins 2015 Yamashita Prize