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/2008/06/26_Le Grande.shtml After a nationwide search, UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau today (Thursday, June 26) named Harry Le Grande to the permanent post of vice chancellor for student affairs. Le Grande, who has worked at UC Berkeley for 27 years, has been serving as the campus's interim vice chancellor for student affairs since January 2007. Published: 26 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/23_ruling.shtml The NewsCenter revisits last week's ruling on construction of the Student-Athlete High Performance Center - in which UC Berkeley prevailed in nearly every legal challenge - and details the few remaining questions expected to be resolved by the court in the coming days. Published: 23 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/18_stadium.shtml UC Berkeley officials said Wednesday night that the campus has prevailed on virtually every challenge raised in a lawsuit that sought to halt construction of the university's planned Student-Athlete High Performance Center adjacent to its historic California Memorial Stadium. Published: 18 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/18_stadium-prelim.shtml UC Berkeley officials said Wednesday night (June 18) that the campus had prevailed on virtually every legal challenge in a trio of lawsuits that sought to halt construction of the planned Student-Athlete High Performance Center. Published: 18 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/17_stentobit.shtml Gunther S. Stent, a refugee from Nazi Germany who helped lay the foundations for the field of molecular biology and then moved into the study of neurobiology and consciousness, died June 12 of pneumonia at the age of 84. Published: 17 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/17_treesit.shtml In anticipation of an imminent court ruling on the construction of a new facility for student athletes at UC Berkeley, the university began early Tuesday morning to cut cables and remove tree-sitters' gear and unoccupied structures just below Memorial Stadium, where protesters have been occupying a grove of oak trees for 18 months. Published: 17 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/16_newavc.shtml Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau has appointed leading international finance banker and UC Berkeley alumnus Frank D. Yeary as a new vice chancellor. Yeary, who resigns as global head of mergers and acquisitions for Citigroup, will report directly to Birgeneau and will advise the chancellor, the executive vice chancellor and provost, and their senior staff on strategic planning and financial issues important to the campus. Published: 16 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/14_gateway.shtml"> <rssT> New UC Berkeley gateway website debuts</rssT></a> </span><br> <rssD>After an eight-year run, UC Berkeley's current main website was replaced by a newly redesigned gateway site that debuted Saturday, June 14. The new site is the fourth distinct version of www.berkeley.edu since its debut in 1995.</rssD><br> <span class="date">(<rssDt>14 June</rssDt>)</span></p> <p><span class="headline"> <rssL><a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/11_budget.shtml Gov. Schwarzenegger's May budget revision restored $100 million for the UC system, but it still falls $240 million short of what regents wanted - and the Berkeley campus is certain to feel the pinch. In a Q&A, Vice Chancellor Nathan Brostrom discusses the likely impacts of cuts from the state and what's being done at Berkeley to cope with reduced funding. Published: 11 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/06_bsa.shtml Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's annual question-and-answer session with staff ended before it had a chance to begin Thursday, when union members seeking his support for raises for the lowest-paid campus employees took over the meeting Published: 06 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/06/04_pge.shtml Energy conservation on campus profits from partnership with utility. Published: 04 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/06/04_chancellorsaward.shtml Charles Henry, professor of African American Studies, has received the Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence for outstanding contributions in research, teaching, and public service that promote diversity and equal opportunity. Published: 04 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/2008/06/04_birefs.shtml Shorter items of interest to the campus community. Published: 04 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/03_breakingboundaries.shtml Among the 50 student projects that received a total of $179,000 in the third "Bears Breaking Boundaries" competition this year are proposals to help new mothers in Nigeria and orphans in Nepal, and to encourage bike sharing and energy efficiency in Berkeley. Published: 03 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/06/02_protterobit.shtml Murray Protter, a former chair of the mathematics department whose calculus textbook sold more than a million copies in the 1960s and '70s, died May 1 at his home in Berkeley of congestive heart failure. He was 90. Published: 02 June http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/05/29_gradtalks.shtml At UC Berkeley graduation ceremonies in May, outstanding new graduates were among those who spoke from the podium. Hear an audio sampling from six of their addresses. Published: 29 May