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Chancellor-designate Carol Christ announced her appointment of Oscar Dubón, Jr., as the campus's next vice chancellor of equity and inclusion, or VCEI, effective July 1.

Former VCEI Na'ilah Nasir resigned June 15 to become president of the Spencer Foundation, an educational research foundation.

Dubón, a campus material science and engineering professor, has most recently served as the associate dean of equity and inclusion in the campus's college of engineering and was awarded the 2016 Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity.

WASHINGTON — President Trump will not immediately eliminate protections for the so-called Dreamers, undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as small children, according to new memorandums issued by the administration Thursday night.

But White House officials said Friday morning that Mr. Trump had not made a decision about the long-term fate of the program and might yet follow through on a campaign pledge to take away work permits from the immigrants or deport them.

Dear Colleagues,

It is my pleasure to share with you information about the fifth annual Next Opportunity at Work (NOW) Staff Career Development Conference, which will take place on Wednesday, July 26^th in Pauley Ballroom and throughout the MLK Student Union building.

Francis, or "Frankie," Guzman, a 2007 UC Berkeley graduate, returned to his alma mater Sunday afternoon to address the second graduating class of the Underground Scholars Initiative, or USI, a pioneering program unique to UC Berkeley that connects campus resources to formerly incarcerated students and students with formerly incarcerated family members.

Guzman, who went behind bars at 15 years old, recounted a childhood in which police presence was to be expected, a sentiment reiterated by several other underground scholars.