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Kelly Sparks, Berkeley's new vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer, wears a black blazer and floral blouse. Her arms are crossed in front of her and she has dark-rimmed eyeglasses and shoulder-length blonde hair.

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Kelly Sparks is campus’s new vice chancellor for finance, CFO

"This is a very volatile time, ... I have a very solid underpinning in who Berkeley is as an institution, and ... I can help shepherd it through the storm," says Sparks, currently at University of Maine. She'll start her work at Berkeley on July 1.

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Awards

Six UC Berkeley faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Awards

Pulitzer-winning journalism professor discusses a ‘radical’ Berkeley experiment to develop the next generation of investigative reporters

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To understand immigration today, a UC Berkeley sociologist documented 200 personal stories

Two Berkeley professors receive prestigious Guggenheim fellowships

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Berkeley public policy scholar Amy Lerman wins Carnegie Fellowship

Ethnic Studies marks its PhD program’s 40th anniversary

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After a 50-year leave of absence, returning to Berkeley’s School of Journalism

Finding Space: How accommodations can transform teaching

Ashmita Kumar holds a prize from startup competition at UC Berkeley.

With AI and an iPhone, UC Berkeley student’s startup aims to detect stroke signs and save lives

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Seven faculty members named fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

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English Professor Fiona McFarlane’s ‘Highway Thirteen’ wins The Story Prize

In Memoriam: Ben Dillon

Jake Merioles, a student painter, stands with his back to the camera at an easel in Memorial Glade, working on a painting of University Library. The Campanile is sticking up over the top of the library and the sky is blue with small white clouds. Merioles is wearing a black shirt.

Without his Friday painting sessions, Jake Merioles says, ‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today.’

Ron Rivera pictured on field as head coach of the Washington Commanders.

Ron Rivera announced as general manager of Cal football program

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‘Tremendously effective teachers’: Five UC Berkeley instructors receive Distinguished Teaching Award

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