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• UC Berkeley police, FBI raid activist cooperative

  - 2008-08-27

  BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley police with the help of the FBI and Alameda County Sheriff's deputies raided a cooperative in Berkeley on Wednesday, seizing 14 computers. "We were investigating threatening e-mails we tracked to computers there," said UC Berkeley spokesman Robert Sanders. "The details of...

  Tags: activist, computer, E-mail, FBI, Government, PRODUCTIVITY, University of California at Berkeley, warrant

• Universities shy from research contracts

  - 2008-07-30

  Caught between the demands of academic freedom and national security in a post- Sept. 11 world, the Bay Area's two major research universities are walking away from lucrative research contracts rather than consenting to what they say are intrusive restrictions on their work. A major new study of...

  Tags: FINANCE, Government, Manufacturing, University of California at Berkeley

• Bay Area universities shy away from scrutiny of some research

  - 2008-07-29

  Caught between the demands of academic freedom and national security in a post Sept. 11 world, the Bay Area's two major research universities are walking away from lucrative research contracts rather than consenting to intrusive restrictions on their work. A major new study of 20 top schools found...

  Tags: Government, SECURITY, University of California at Berkeley

• Stone & Youngberg Awards Benjamin J. Baum Scholarship to San Francisco Public School Student

  - 2008-07-02

  Lowell High School Graduate Elizabeth Chan to Attend UC Berkeley in Fall '08 SAN FRANCISCO -- Stone & Youngberg, a leading financial services firm and the nation's top underwriter of California municipal bonds1, announced that its Benjamin J. Baum scholarship, established in 2004 to recognize the achievements of San...

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• Cal students sidestep blood-donor policy

  - 2008-04-08

  Since San Jose State University fired the opening volley in January, the battle over blood has led to some soul-searching among college administrators. At campuses around the Bay Area, school leaders have reconsidered whether to allow blood drives. Federal laws prohibit sexually active gay men from donating...

  Tags: FDA, Government, University of California at Berkeley

• Cal students sidestep FDA blood-donor policy

  - 2008-04-08

  Since San Jose State University fired the opening volley in January, the battle over blood has led to some soul-searching among college administrators. At campuses around the Bay Area, school leaders have reconsidered whether to allow blood drives. Federal laws prohibit sexually active gay men from donating...

  Tags: FDA, Government, University of California at Berkeley

• Restraining order sought in animal-rights dispute

  - 2008-03-06

  The University of California, Berkeley, wants to get a restraining order against animal rights activists accused of harassing animal lab researchers, but the task is proving difficult. "Our ultimate goal is to get a restraining order, but that is going to be a long process," said Robert Sanders,...

  Tags: activist, Government, researcher, University of California at Berkeley

• UC Berkeley seeks restraining order against animal rights activists

  - 2008-03-06

  The University of California, Berkeley, wants to get a restraining order against animal rights activists accused of harassing animal lab researchers, but the task is proving difficult. "Our ultimate goal is to get a restraining order, but that is going to be a long process," said Robert Sanders,...

  Tags: activist, Government, researcher, University of California at Berkeley

• Stalemate persists over American Indian remains at UC Museum: native groups want more control over repatriation process

  - 2008-02-21

  A stalemate continues to persist over the remains of 12,000 Native Americans stored in a University of California, Berkeley museum. A coalition of tribes has been demanding that Native Americans be given more control over the ongoing repatriation process of those remains. UC Berkeley officials, however, have refused to...

  Tags: Government, museum, Regulations, University of California at Berkeley

• Cal to hold meeting Monday about People's Park

  - 2008-02-01

  BERKELEY -- A meeting to address ways to make People's Park safer and more accessible to a wide range of people will be held Monday. The University of California, which owns the 2.8-acre park off Telegraph Avenue, is holding a community meeting to respond to the 35-page...

  Tags: Government, Regulations, University of California at Berkeley