UC Berkeley News for 01/26/2016

Coming this spring: Cal Day, politics, innovation and BAMPFA's new digs

Published Jan 26, 2016 01:00 pm

American politics, innovative thinkers, artistic luminaries and our annual open house are just a few of the events happening at Berkeley this spring. Serial podcast creator Sarah Koenig talks binge-worthy journalism, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to campus, poets and writers discuss their work and Chancellor Dirks talks with top innovators.

Report outlines public cost of New York's minimum wage

Published Jan 26, 2016 09:00 am

More than half of workers in New York who earned less than $15 an hour between 2011 and 2013 received public assistance, or had a family member getting such help, according to a study released today by Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education.

Men's basketball squad teams up for literacy

Published Jan 25, 2016 02:10 pm

Four-day fête celebrates new BAMPFA, opening Sunday

Published Jan 25, 2016 02:00 pm

UC Berkeley's $112 million visual arts center has a prime location in the Berkeley Arts District