http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/ Headlines from the University of California, Berkeley Steve McConnell - steve.mcconnell@berkeley.edu en-US http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/06/22_sautter.shtml Last week the University of California recognized UC Berkeley's GradLink-on-the-Web and its developers with the Larry L. Sautter Award for Innovation in Information Technology. The award honors top technology projects from the 10 UC campuses. Published: 22 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/06/18_threeoptions.shtml With the University of California facing a severe reduction in state funding, President Mark Yudof has offered three options for furloughs and/or salary reductions that would be applied systemwide. Published: 18 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/06/16_bsa.shtml The news, mostly bad, for the annual meeting with staff: deeper budget cuts, more layoffs, and likely 8 percent wage reductions Published: 16 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/06/16_budget.shtml In an urgent letter to the campus community about California's financial crisis, Chancellor Birgeneau and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Breslauer discuss actions to cut costs across the UC system, explain what they think may happen, and describe their leadership strategy for the Berkeley campus in these difficult times. Published: 16 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/06/11_retirees.shtml New retirees from offices all over campus share their feelings about Cal, their reasons for bidding Berkeley adieu, and their plans for the future. From violin-building to travel abroad, they may be stepping down, but most aren't slowing down. Published: 11 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/06/11_commuters.shtml A bit piece of good budget news: P&T holds the line on parking-permit fees. Published: 11 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/06/11_iis.shtml Teacher, scholar, and former chair of the political science department named to a five-year term as director of the Institute of International Studies. Published: 11 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/06/11_brett.shtml A new fund to support research into LGBT topics in any discipline has been created to memorialize a professor who pioneered gay studies in music. Published: 11 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2009/06/11_cuts.shtml The state budget picture as it applies to UC remains unclear, though largely discouraging. A bright spot in the gloom: cuts to vital Cal Grant support for students in need of financial aid are off the table for now. Published: 11 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/06/01_brostrom.shtml Nathan Brostrom, vice chancellor for administration, last week was named Bay Area CFO of the Year for a non-public company by the San Francisco Business Times and Larkin Street Youth Services. He was one of six winners honored because they "exemplify the professionalism, integrity, resilience and mastery of key skills that make a great CFO." Published: 01 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/05/28_takakiobit.shtml Ronald Takaki, professor emeritus of ethnic studies at the UC Berkeley, and a preeminent scholar of U.S. race relations who taught the University of California's first black history course, died at his home in Berkeley on Tuesday, May 26, at age 70. He had struggled for years with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune condition that attacks the central nervous system. Although Takaki retired from UC Berkeley in 2003, he was frequently seen on campus, delivering guest lectures to standing-room-only audiences or joining marches about social justice, with his shock of silver hair, trim runner's body and professorial spectacles. Published: 28 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/05/26_campanile.shtml Sather Tower, better known as the Campanile, will be having a little work done this summer, necessitating occasional short-term closures. But what nonagenarian doesn't need a little cosmetic intervention every now and again? Published: 26 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/05/20_calperfsdir.shtml Robert Birgeneau, chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, today (Wednesday, May 20) announced the appointment of Matías Tarnopolsky as director of Cal Performances. The announcement was made at a press conference in Zellerbach Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Published: 20 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/05/15_ucbcuts.shtml With a slate of critical ballot propositions facing voters on Tuesday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday offered two revised scenarios for mending the state's worsening budget outlook. One is bad news for the University of California. The other, for some, is too grim to contemplate. Published: 15 May http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2009/05/13_graduation.shtml Pixar Animation co-founder Alvy Ray Smith; Sir Andrew Duncan Crockett, president of JP Morgan International; State Treasurer Bill Lockyer and world-renowned sleep researcher Matt Walker will be among the speakers passing on acumen and inspiration to graduating students at UC Berkeley, at ceremonies starting tomorrow (Thursday, May 14). Published: 13 May