UC Berkeley signs joint research pact with Israeli govt (Palestinian, Obama, boycott)

[slo1318]

It would be nice if Cal would crack down on the anti-Semitic activity on campus

[18Montclair]

Whether Trump likes it or not, the DOE is working with China on climate change through a joint venture at UC Berkeley

...The funds will go to something called the Berkeley Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and Climate Change, which is based at the University of California-Berkeley. If you’re wondering how the Energy Department got into the mix, that’s because UC-Berkeley is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which will receive the funds through the Berkeley Lab Foundation...

https://cleantechnica.com/2017/01/23...million-grant/

There will also be an endowed chair in China energy policy, whose research could be of extreme importance to both China and the US in many ways.

#berkeley

[kdog]

Originally Posted by HockeyMac18

Why would they do that?

Have you even been to Berkeley?

Berkeley is listed as #12 out of the 40 most anti-semetic universities according to recent studies.
https://www.algemeiner.com/the-40-wo...students-2016/

If you've got evidence to the contrary, please share.

[X14Freak]

Originally Posted by desertdetroiter

Berkeley is such a good school that they don't have to worry about federal funding anyway.

No, they do have to worry about federal funding. NIH R01 and NSF funding is absolutely critical for the sciences for tenure track faculty as they can't obtain tenure without it. Scientific research at universities wouldn't exist without federal funding. People don't know this but even tenured professors get kicked out if they don't obtain R01 or NSF funding in a certain amount of time. Scary thing is Trump is threatening to cut spending on the NSF and NIH so funding is going to tighten and a lot of professors are going to be laid off. There's a reason why academia absolutely loathe Trump.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by kdog

Berkeley is listed as #12 out of the 40 most anti-semetic universities according to recent studies.
https://www.algemeiner.com/the-40-wo...students-2016/

If you've got evidence to the contrary, please share.

That ranking says Columbia is the most anti-semitic college? U. Chicago, NYU and UCLA among the top schools in the world all rank worse than Berkeley?

Lol sure thing.

[slo1318]

Originally Posted by kdog

Berkeley is listed as #12 out of the 40 most anti-semetic universities according to recent studies.
https://www.algemeiner.com/the-40-wo...students-2016/

If you've got evidence to the contrary, please share.

Shocking this stuff gets as much traction as it does. Shameful.

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by kdog

Berkeley is listed as #12 out of the 40 most anti-semetic universities according to recent studies.
https://www.algemeiner.com/the-40-wo...students-2016/

If you've got evidence to the contrary, please share.

Would an anti-semitic university have a center for Jewish studies? Center for Jewish Studies | University of California, Berkeley


Or an institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Studies?
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/researc...srael-studies/

The Berkeley Institute houses two core programs, the Berkeley Program on Israel Studies, a nationally-recognized initiative for the study of Israel, and the Berkeley Program on Jewish Law, Thought and Identity, the only program of its type in the western United States.

Or have a Jewish museum (The Magnes collection of Jewish art and life)?
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life | The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life


Or be ranked in the top 50 Best Colleges for Active Jewish Communities (ranked 31)?
The 50 Best Colleges with Active Jewish Communities in 2016


Or be ranked in the top 60 school by Jewish population (ranked 27)?
2015 Top 60 Schools by Jewish Student Population


I know few Israeli researchers at Berkeley and they love it there. They've never had a single issue with anti-semitism.

[kdog]

Originally Posted by HockeyMac18

Would an anti-semitic university have a center for Jewish studies? Center for Jewish Studies | University of California, Berkeley


Or an institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Studies?
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/researc...srael-studies/



Or have a Jewish museum (The Magnes collection of Jewish art and life)?
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life | The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life


Or be ranked in the top 50 Best Colleges for Active Jewish Communities (ranked 31)?
The 50 Best Colleges with Active Jewish Communities in 2016


Or be ranked in the top 60 school by Jewish population (ranked 27)?
500 Error


I know few Israeli researchers at Berkeley and they love it there. They've never had a single issue with anti-semitism.

You're kidding, right? You think by having vibrant Jewish Studies program they're immune from anti-antisemitism? Hardly. The Palestinians have Berkeley by the balls. Are you really not aware of the BDS movement's infiltration of the UC schools that make them pretty miserable for Jews now?

Institutionalized antisemitism at UC Berkeley

In the Safe Spaces on Campus, No Jews Allowed - The Tower

Why a Controversial Palestinian History Class at Berkeley Was Canceled, Then Reinstated

And this is not new...
Jewish Students Sue UC Berkeley for Allowing "Violent Anti-Semitic Attacks" | The Snitch

Southeast Berkeley Blanketed With Racist, Anti-Semitic Literature. Category: Page One from The Berkeley Daily Planet

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by kdog

You're kidding, right? You think by having vibrant Jewish Studies program they're immune from anti-antisemitism? Hardly. The Palestinians have Berkeley by the balls. Are you really not aware of the BDS movement's infiltration of the UC schools that make them pretty miserable for Jews now?

Institutionalized antisemitism at UC Berkeley

In the Safe Spaces on Campus, No Jews Allowed - The Tower

Why a Controversial Palestinian History Class at Berkeley Was Canceled, Then Reinstated

And this is not new...
Jewish Students Sue UC Berkeley for Allowing "Violent Anti-Semitic Attacks" | The Snitch

Southeast Berkeley Blanketed With Racist, Anti-Semitic Literature. Category: Page One from The Berkeley Daily Planet

Give me a break, the school as an institution is not anti-semitic. Do you know what that word actually means???


And did you actually read about the course (started by a student, not the University) regarding Palestine? Or are students not allowed to explore this very complex issue?

http://www.newsweek.com/2016/10/14/b...ss-506153.html

[HockeyMac18]

Originally Posted by slo1318

It would be nice if Cal would crack down on the anti-Semitic activity on campus

University of California Adopts Statement Condemning Anti-Semitism