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A year of painful belt-tightening -- and activism on campus and in Sacramento -- has ended with a new state budget that restores $199 million of the $637.1 million cut that UC endured last year. The Legislature approved the 2010-11 budget on Friday, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed it the same day. The package includes about $3 billion for University of California academic programs, student financial aid and health education and research.
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Up until now, Berkeley has hosted and stored its data on applicants, students, faculty, staff, alumni and fundraising in a sprawling archipelago of more than 300 data "islands" across campus. A new effort aims to house campus data sets in one central, accessible, secure repository.
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Berkeley's police department has revamped its lost-and-found website, making it easier for students, faculty, staff and visitors to reconnect with their lost stuff. A dedicated records supervisor leads the effort, and says Facebook is her best tool in tracking down the owners of everything from wallets and cellphones to cat-shaped rings and fur shawls. In 2009, more than 1,600 items landed in the lost and found at 1 Sproul Hall.
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