Book review: A UC Berkeley scholar of right-wing politics dissects the Trump coalition
Donald Trump won the 2016 election by convincing America’s right-wing populists to migrate ideologically. Can he do it again?
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Video: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s last talk in Berkeley
The news that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died due to complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer left the nation reeling Friday. Last October, she spoke at Berkeley Law. Watch a recording of the event here.
UC Berkeley launches center for psychedelic science and education
With $1.25M in seed funding, the new center will conduct research using psychedelics to investigate cognition, perception and emotion and their biological bases in the human brain.
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Berkeley may start fining people $100 when they don’t wear face masks
Currently, the city must seek a criminal prosecution to do anything other than warn people to wear masks. A proposed ordinance will allow officials to hand out an administrative citation instead.
Berkeley faces risk of census undercount
It’s not too late: People can still fill out their own census forms online until Sept. 30.
For the students arriving in Berkeley this weekend, Cal move-in was anything but normal
About 2,000 students moved into dorms between Thursday and Sunday, despite all classes being online. They faced COVID testing, self-sequestering and limited socializing, but all were motivated to be here.
Stop the presses: There’s a place in Berkeley where time, and the pandemic, stood still
‘Profoundly unsettling’ is how one person describes the display of international newspapers on the UC Berkeley campus, all of which are dated March 15 or 16, just before the city went into lockdown.
With all Cal classes online, many students won’t be returning to Berkeley
Students are choosing to live at home or withdraw for the semester. Some are still deciding. Of those who stay enrolled, only 3,200 will be able to stay in on-campus housing.
UC Berkeley imposes strict guidelines on students living in dorms, including getting tested twice for COVID-19
Students will be assigned to social bubbles and will have to sign a pledge agreeing to wear masks and to social distance.
8 new housing projects approved in Berkeley in 2020
Berkeley’s zoning board has approved eight medium-to-large housing projects around the city in 2020 totalling 560 units. See the roundup.
In brief
UC Berkeley cancels in-person classes for the start of the fall semester because of increase in COVID-19 cases
The university is still working on hybrid learning models if health conditions improve, but it will begin fall semester remotely.
In brief
UC Berkeley reports 25 new COVID-19 cases among students
Another 25 UC Berkeley students have tested positive for COVID-19, the university reported this week.Â
