Uc berkeley articles
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UC Regents name Richard Lyons as new UC Berkeley chancellor
BERKELEY — Richard Lyons, UC Berkeley's associate vice chancellor for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and an alumni of the university,...
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Letters to the Editor: Opposing views on what happened in the UC Berkeley law dean's backyard
To the editor: UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky invited his third-year students to dinner at his home, a gesture of kindness and caring that isn't typical in graduate schools. ("'Please leave!' A Jewish UC Berkeley dean confronts pro-Palestinian activist at his home," April 10) The dean, known for his advocacy of free speech, was then "thanked" by a small contingent of pro-Palestinian law students, disrupting the party with their smuggled-in microphone and speaker. This had been...
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A UC Berkeley law professor confronts a pro-Palestinian student during a backyard dinner
A dinner for graduating law students at the University of California, Berkeley, has become the latest flashpoint over free speech and concerns about Islamophobia and antisemitism on college campuses as the war in Gaza rages on. Video shot by a law student and shared with NBC News shows law professor Catherine Fisk trying to grab a microphone out of the hands of a Palestinian student during a protest at an invitation-only event this week. Fisk and her spouse, law school dean Erwin Chemerinsky,...