Catherine Koshland to serve as interim executive vice chancellor, provost
Catherine Koshland, a member of the UC Berkeley community since 1984, has agreed to serve as the interim executive vice chancellor and provost, or EVCP, while campus launches a nationwide search for a permanent replacement for Paul Alivisatos per campus policy.
Koshland serves as the Wood-Calvert professor in the campus College of Engineering, a professor of environmental health sciences and a member of the Energy and Resources Group faculty, according to a campuswide email from Chancellor Carol Christ. She also served as vice provost for academic planning and facilities and serves as vice chancellor for undergraduate education.
April 8, 2021
Asia Society Northern California stood in solidarity with Asians and Asian Americans and hosted its third annual live
Asia Game Changer West Awards Gala. Asia Game Changer West Awards are bestowed to individuals, organizations, and movements that have inspired, enlightened, and shown true leadership in areas that reflect Asia Society’s core pillars of policy and business, arts and culture, technology, and education. This year, Asia Society s Northern California Center honored four Bay Area stars:
Eun Sun Kim, the first female music director at a major American opera company, the San Francisco Opera;
Tsu-Jae King Liu, the first female dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley;
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For UC Berkeley freshman Luke Wonzen, what started as an attempt to find a hangout spot outside with a friend during a pandemic became an experience that “really highlighted the life cycle of the food” that is, volunteering at Berkeley Student Farms, or BSF.
BSF is a coalition of seven student-run garden spaces on campus that prioritizes food sovereignty and security, according to BSF volunteer Gabrielle Cohen.
Before the pandemic, a large portion of the campus population was food insecure and used services provided by the Basic Needs Center. As the pandemic exacerbated such insecurities, BSF helped to meet the increased demand for food by providing fresh organic produce to those in need and supplying 50% of the produce distributed at the Basic Needs Center’s Food Pantry last summer, Cohen said.
Anti-Asian hate crimes have risen significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, with reporting database Stop AAPI Hate receiving almost 3,000 accounts of hate crimes since spring 2020.
Although roughly one in four Bay Area residents is Asian, according to Bay Area Census data, this region is not an exception to the national trend. There have been multiple documented instances of violent anti-Asian sentiment and attacks in the past few months, with some directed at those of Asian descent over the age of 60.
In response to the issue, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ sent out a campuswide email Tuesday in support of the Asian community, expressing sympathy and solidarity with those who are affected by this violence. In the email, Christ provided resources for those in need, which included websites for reporting incidents, campus counseling and campus affinity groups.