Category: University of California–Berkeley

UC Berkeley Faces Congressional Investigation Over China Ties

July 18, 2023
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A congressional committee has formally requested the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) to provide information regarding its partnership with a Chinese state-controlled university, citing grave research security concerns. In a letter to UC Berkeley’s president and chancellor on July 13, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) said the Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen…

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A California Scholar’s Research Into a Flowering Shrub Took Him to Mexico and a Violent Death

June 30, 2023
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LOS ANGELES—For four years, Gabriel Trujillo trekked the breadth of the United States and south into Mexico in search of a flowering shrub called the common buttonbush. The plant is native to the varied climates of Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. Trujillo, a 31-year-old Ph.D. student at the University of California–Berkeley, wanted to know why…

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UC Berkeley Professor Apologizes for False Indigenous Identity

May 5, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO—An anthropology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, whose identity as Native American had been questioned for years apologized this week for falsely identifying as Indigenous, saying she is “a white person” who lived an identity based on family lore. Elizabeth Hoover, associate professor of environmental science, policy and management, said in an…

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Californians Take on Larger Auto Loans Since Pandemic: Report

April 4, 2023
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Californians have taken on bigger car loans at an alarming pace since the pandemic and more people are falling behind on their payments, according to a new study released by the University of California–Berkeley’s California Policy Lab. “The escalation in auto loans was steady through the 2010s, but when the pandemic began in 2020, it…

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