UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY

UC Berkeley to offer new course that describes Hamas as a 'revolutionary resistance force fighting settler colonialism'

The University of California, Berkeley, will offer a course in spring 2025 that describes Hamas as a “revolutionary…

By Adam Sabes
Nov 18, 2024

Unhinged higher ed reactions to Trump's win: ROUNDUP

Here are 15 unhinged reactions to Donald Trump's victory over Kamala Harris.

By Campus Reform
Nov 18, 2024

UC Berkeley establishes $3 million Palestinian and Arab studies program amid Israel-Hamas war

Students at the University of California, Berkeley can enroll in one the nation's first Palestinian and Arab studi…

By Emma Arns '26
Sep 21, 2024

UC Berkeley enhances education on anti-Semitism

The school’s Antisemitism Education Initiative directed the new enhanced education about anti-Semitism.

By Gabriela Dimova '26
Sep 4, 2024

Alleged anti-Israel UC Berkeley arsonist and firebomber pleads not guilty to federal charges

Casey Gonan, the man accused of several arsons and a firebombing of a University of California, Berkeley, police c…

By Adam Sabes
Jul 31, 2024

Federal grand jury indicts alleged anti-Israel UC Berkeley arsonist and firebomber

A federal grand jury has indicted Casey Goonan, who’s accused of firebombing a University of California, Berkeley,…

By Adam Sabes
Jul 26, 2024

University of California spent $29 million responding to anti-Israel protests

The University of California system spent $29 million responding to anti-Israel protests during the spring semester…

By Adam Sabes
Jul 23, 2024

Columbia SJP calls for alleged arsonist and firebomber Casey Goonan to be released from Jail: 'Resistance is Love'

Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine is calling on officials to "free" Casey Goonan, who's accused of firebom…

By Adam Sabes
Jun 21, 2024

Lawyer for UC Berkeley arson suspect decries 'political investigation,' says client was targeted for 'beliefs in a free Palestine'

Officials arrested Goonan on Monday and he was initially charged with felony counts of possession and use of destru…

By Adam Sabes
Jun 19, 2024

UC Berkeley arson suspect 'considers himself a 'scholar-activist,' 'abolitionist,' and aspiring professor

The man arrested in connection with the firebombing of a University of California, Berkeley police cruiser and the …

By Adam Sabes
Jun 19, 2024

Suspect arrested in UC Berkeley firebombing, anti-Israel arson attacks

A suspect has been arrested following the firebombing of a University of California, Berkeley police cruiser and th…

By Adam Sabes
Jun 19, 2024

UC Berkeley receives $1.2 million in state funding to train K-12 administrators in DEI

This academic year, California gave $1.2 million to the University of California, Berkeley School of Education in o…

By Benjamin Brown '26
Jun 17, 2024

TERROR?: Anonymous anti-Israel group 'torched large portions' of UC Berkeley construction site

An anonymous anti-Israel group set fire to a construction site on the University of California, Berkeley's campus …

By Adam Sabes
Jun 17, 2024

Anti-Israel 'student intifada' claims credit for unloading 'firebomb' on UC Berkeley building named after Jewish professor

An extremist anti-Israel group claimed responsibility for throwing a "firebomb" at a University of California, Berk…

By Campus Reform
Jun 14, 2024

House committees broaden anti-Semitism investigations into Northwestern, other colleges: 'will not rest'

Several House committee chairs sent stern letters to Northwestern University and several other colleges and cited a…

By Adam Sabes
Jun 4, 2024

Anti-Israel protesters burn UC Berkeley police vehicle with 'incendiary device' in 'retaliation' for arrests

Pro-Palestine protesters burned a University of California, Berkeley, police car over the weekend.

By Adam Sabes
Jun 3, 2024

As American colleges begin cracking down on anti-Semitic events, some California schools let violence go unchecked

Colleges across America have finally begun to crack down on extremely disruptive protests and events on campus.

By Adam Sabes
Apr 12, 2024

Pro-Palestine students disrupt dinner at home of UC Berkeley law school dean: 'This is my house!'

'I am enormously sad that we have students who are so rude as to come into my home, in my backyard, and use this so…

By Adam Sabes
Apr 11, 2024

UC Berkeley condemns professor's dating advice to student: 'hurtful and threatening'

UC Berkeley condemned dating advice that a professor gave to a student, calling it "hurtful and threatening" to wom…

By Adam Sabes
Apr 4, 2024

Parents raise $40k for private campus security, unsatisfied with UC Berkeley approach to crime

Parents of students at the University of California, Berkeley have reportedly raised $40,000 in an effort to reduce…

By Michael Duke '26
Apr 2, 2024

CA bill seeks to enhance free speech after protesters disrupt Israeli speaker

S.B. 1287 aims to protect free speech on campuses by prohibiting violence, harassment, and discrimination hindering…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Mar 28, 2024

UC Berkeley is latest subject of congressional investigation into campus anti-Semitism

Republican Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) has asked the University of California, Berkeley, for documents as her commit…

By Adam Sabes
Mar 20, 2024

Berkeley prof begins sit-in, will 'sleep, eat, and teach' from his office to protest anti-Semitism

'If my students feel that they cannot walk safely across campus without being bullied, then I will not cross campus…

By Adam Sabes
Mar 11, 2024

Department of Education investigating UC Berkeley after violent mob shut down Jewish event

The University of California, Berkeley is under a federal investigation after pro-Palestine protesters shut down an…

By Adam Sabes
Mar 8, 2024

UC Berkeley announces criminal investigation after violent mob violently shuts down Jewish event: 'Overtly antisemitic'

The University of California, Berkeley, announced Monday police have opened a criminal investigation after a viol…

By Adam Sabes
Mar 4, 2024

Building evacuated as angry mob of Berkeley students violently shuts down Jewish event: 'Dirty Jew'

'“This isn’t an isolated incident. This is a continuous trend that’s persisted my entire time on campus. Jewish hat…

By Adam Sabes
Feb 28, 2024

10 schools will receive $250k each to create 'systemic change' supporting certain minority groups in STEM

On Jan. 11, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the recipients of a $2.5 million grant to attain 'systemic cha…

By Emma Arns '26
Jan 30, 2024

Four times universities defied the SCOTUS Affirmative Action ruling

In June, the Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling when it declared that race-based, affirmative action admissions…

By Campus Reform
Dec 31, 2023

4 times student activists pushed Green New Deal agenda in 2023

The NYU Board of Trustees sent a letter to a student activist organization, Sunrise NYU, indicating it would fully …

By Campus Reform
Dec 27, 2023

Top 5 crazy courses of 2023

A course offered at UChicago teaches students that God is a 'queer' ally.

By Campus Reform
Dec 27, 2023

Biden administration announces new $93 million equity plan for 'minority-serving institutions'

The Biden administration announced a grant to fund historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), tribally c…

By Emma Arns '26
Dec 18, 2023

THE SCROLL: Recruiting firm wants Rufo to apply for Berkeley chancellor job

'Whoever nominated me has an amazing sense of humor,' said Rufo.

By Campus Reform
Nov 29, 2023

Berkeley boasts of lowered admissions standards in attempt to recruit grad students

The University of California Berkeley is using its recently lowered graduate admissions standards as a selling poin…

By Campus Reform
Oct 3, 2023

ACADEMICALLY SPEAKING: Follow the money to understand why universities went woke

The stratospheric rise in revenue indicates of an institutionalized growth strategy throughout higher education to …

By Zachary Marschall, PhD
Sep 5, 2022

Berkeley, Cornell professors criticize ABA for anti-bias training mandate proposal

Multiple law professors submitted public comments in response to the ABA's suggested requirement.

By Ben Zeisloft
Jul 7, 2021

Report reveals UC-Berkeley's 'Equity and Inclusion' budget is $25 MILLION

The University of California Berkeley has a budget allocation of $25 million for its Division of Equity and Inclusi…

By Ashley Carnahan
May 20, 2021

Berkeley Haas School of Business creates 11 different 'Identity Spaces' for networking

The University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business announced the creation of 11 different “identity s…

By Ashley Carnahan
May 13, 2021

Berkeley is looking for an employee to run 'climate healing circles' with 'BIPOC' activists

A UC Berkeley office is hiring a “Wellness and Environmental Justice Coordinator."

By Sam Larson '22
Apr 19, 2021

Berkeley takes a day off for Cesar Chavez Day, but not Columbus Day

The University of California-Berkeley gave students a day off for Cesar Chavez Day to remember “the principles of f…

By Ben Zeisloft
Apr 12, 2021

VIDEO: Students have mixed views about California Governor Gavin Newsom's Thanksgiving Restrictions.

As thanksgiving approaches and California is imposing restrictions on gathering sizes, Campus Reform headed to UC-I…

By Ashley Carnahan
Nov 24, 2020

Berkeley ‘instructor’: ‘Rural Americans’ are ‘bad people’

A graduate student at the University of California-Berkeley took to twitter on Wednesday to express his disdain for…

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Nov 8, 2019

Berkeley speaker advocates for alternate interpretations of First Amendment

The University of California Berkeley recently hosted a reporter from The New Yorker to discuss free speech issues.

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Nov 6, 2019

Berkeley condemns 'disturbing' attacks on College Republicans

This time, the vandal was identified, and has reportedly been charged with a misdemeanor for destroying the CRs' pr…

By Peter Van Voorhis
Mar 3, 2017

Sexual harassment trainings don't work, Feds admit

The EEOC speculates that most institutions use the trainings to avoid legal liability, not because they expect them…

By Amber Athey
Jun 30, 2016

UC Berkeley housing co-op establishes safe space guidelines

Residents are told to maintain gender neutrality in their language.

By Pardes Seleh
Nov 23, 2015

UC Berkeley study links economic inequality to climate change

The study suggests that climate change will reduce the income of the average person by 23 percent by the year 2100.

By Pardes Seleh
Oct 28, 2015

Prof. blames Paris terrorist attack on United States, Western ‘barbarism’

Gilbert Achcar, a professor at the University of London, blamed the United States, France, and the Western world fo…

By Peter Hasson
Jan 13, 2015