
UC Berkeley Lecturer Suspension Sparks Academic Freedom Debate
UC Berkeley faces backlash after suspending a computer science lecturer for pro-Palestinian remarks, sparking a campus-wide debate on academic freedom and political speech.
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UC Berkeley faces backlash after suspending a computer science lecturer for pro-Palestinian remarks, sparking a campus-wide debate on academic freedom and political speech.

UC Berkeley agrees to a $60,000 settlement and issues a formal apology to an Israeli sociologist who claimed she was not rehired due to discrimination.

UC Berkeley has suspended a computer science lecturer for six months without pay over alleged in-class political advocacy, sparking a union grievance and student protests.

A protest against a Turning Point USA event at UC Berkeley led to clashes, arrests, and the launch of two separate federal investigations into the incident.

Protests took place at UC Berkeley on Monday during a Turning Point USA event at Zellerbach Hall, highlighting ongoing tensions over free speech on campus.

UC Berkeley prepares for a Turning Point USA event with heightened security, two months after the assassination of the group's founder, Charlie Kirk.

UC Berkeley celebrates two Nobel Prize wins in chemistry and physics, while Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Porter faces scrutiny over a leaked video.

Omar M. Yaghi, a former UCLA professor, has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for inventing reticular chemistry and developing Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) with Susumu Kitagawa and Richard Robs

Physicists John Martinis, Michel Devoret, and John Clarke have won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their foundational work in the 1980s on quantum mechanics.

UC Berkeley is managing multiple challenges, including backlash over a federal probe, a planned Turning Point USA event, and a potential 22,000-worker strike.

A new Georgetown University study shows Bay Area universities like UC Berkeley and San Jose State are delivering major increases in financial return on investment.

UC Berkeley has released the names of 160 faculty, staff, and students to the U.S. government as part of a federal probe into campus antisemitism.