The Berkeley Wire: 08.17.18

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• Berkeley top U.S. public university in new ARWU rankings (UC Berkeley)
• Does UC Berkeley's SkyDeck accelerator represent a new way of funding higher education? (SF Business Times)
• UC Berkeley Indian Student Anjali Banerjee, Others Turn Grief into Tech Startup After France Attack (India West)
• Berkeley PD officer is final candidate for Pleasanton City Council (Pleasanton Weekly)
• Berkeley Tool Lending Library (Atlas Obscura)
• Social welfare dean Edleson stepping down (UC Berkeley)
• New cafes, coffee spot, tavern sprout on campus (UC Berkeley)
• From wildfires to Frank Ocean, here are a few cool classes offered this fall (UC Berkeley)
• The cheapest apartment rentals in Berkeley, explored (Hoodline)
• Best wishes from Chancellor Christ at the start of academic year (UC Berkeley)