Peggy Lemaux, professor of cooperative extension, specialist in crop genetics

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A pop-up food pantry in MLK Jr. Student Union is filled with tables of dry goods and other emergency staples. Several students are opening boxes and stocking shelves.

Campus Basic Needs Center helps students when they need it most

 Ben Hermalin, UC Berkeley's newly chosen executive vice chancellor and provost, stands near Memorial Glade with Doe Library and the Campanile in the background and smiles at the camera.

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