UC Berkeley opens new dorm named for first tenured African-American professor
The new eight-story building is named for David Blackwell, a mathematician and statistician who was hired in 1954. He was a very popular professor, too.
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Prefab housing complex for UC Berkeley students goes up in four days
A four-story apartment building destined to house grad students went up in four days in July, including beds, sinks, sofas, and stoves. It is slated to open this month.
Updated ‘Enclave Dormitory’ plans get green light from Berkeley zoning board
A UC Berkeley graduate student dormitory at Telegraph and Haste got its latest approval from the zoning board Thursday, and appears — at long last — to be moving forward.
UC Berkeley looks to develop ‘Upper Hearst’ with housing, classrooms
The project, in its early stages, includes an academic building for the Goldman School of Public Policy and housing for students and faculty.
Construction on Telegraph Avenue lot, vacant for 30 years, is step closer
The owner, Ken Sarachan, has enlisted a developer and a sign announcing construction has gone up on the property at Telegraph Avenue and Haste Street.
It’s not just People’s Park that will see housing. UC Berkeley chancellor vows to build 7,500 beds in 10 years
A week after announcing plans to build 1K student units in People's Park, Carol Christ said she will push to build on 9 other sites too, and released renderings of the park plans.
Video: What do people in People’s Park think of plan to put housing there?
Some people who spend time in the storied Berkeley park acknowledge the need for housing but worry about the park's future; others say the plan should not go ahead, period.
UC Berkeley confirms that a dorm for 1K students will be built in People’s Park
Construction could begin in the summer of 2020 and be completed by 2022. The university said the park is an ideal place because development will address housing and homelessness.
Opinion: UC Berkeley should not build housing at People’s Park
Cal has treated the park with benign neglect, creating the conditions that it hopes will lead to public support of development. It should invest in improving the park instead.
UC Berkeley plans to build housing in People’s Park
The university may build 700 units for students, as well as 100 units for people experiencing homelessness. There would still be a park, although it would be smaller.
Should UC Berkeley’s Oxford Tract be developed for student housing?
At a town hall held this week, discussion centered on whether to build much-needed student housing on a Berkeley tract of land long used for extensive research.
As student numbers swell, UC Berkeley makes some, slow progress on housing
Cal's undergraduate student population increased 15% in the last decade. The university is making some progress, although slow, at adding more housing.
UC Berkeley partners with private developers to ease student housing crunch
Faced with a student housing crisis in the middle of a general housing crisis, Cal is jumping on public-private partnerships with local developers.
