Bay Area East Bay Leadership Council seeks nominations for Philanthropy Awards By Rowena Gonden | Bay City News Foundation | August 31, 2021 This year the awards will once again include smaller altruists in addition to large, well-funded nominees.
Featured in Category Could this plan ease transfer woes for California Community College students? By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | August 31, 2021 A proposed bill aims to make transfers easier — but faces fierce resistance from faculty, the UC, and California community college leadership.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Cal star shines in ‘Candyman’; plus more Bay Area film By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | August 31, 2021 This week's top films have local connections and range from a box-office horror hit to a shocking documentary about the seamy side of the art world.
California Cal State’s incoming freshman Class of 2025 key to meeting system’s graduation goals By Ashley A. Smith | EdSource | August 31, 2021 Efforts by CSU to improve graduation rates face questions over the long-term effects of the pandemic, especially on this year's freshmen.
California Union and health care provider join to offer training to fill worker gaps in California health care By Ashley A. Smith | EdSource | August 31, 2021 A new approach to educating allied health care workers is helping to redefine higher education to quickly move and meet demand.
Arts & Entertainment Acclaimed play on solitary confinement remade for pandemic By Charles Lewis III | Bay City News Foundation | August 30, 2021 Journalist Sarah Shourd's play draws on her experience of imprisonment in Iran's infamous Evin Prison after she was falsely accused of espionage.
California Are young voters the key to Gavin Newsom surviving the recall? By Matthew Reagan | CalMatters | August 30, 2021 "I think this generation of young people, especially young people under the age of 25, new voters, they’re really politically active,” said one voting rights activist.
Bay Area Judge orders UC Berkeley to freeze enrollment By Michael Burke | EdSource | August 27, 2021 The university must redo an environmental impact report for new construction on the north side of campus.
Around Town After a COVID year, Ryan Tripp and Stewart James honored at Eagle Scout ceremony By Exedra Staff | August 27, 2021 Scouts gathered for the delayed celebration.
Featured in Category I studied people who think leisure is a waste of time – here’s what I found By Selin Malkoc, Associate Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University | The Conversation | August 27, 2021 The belief that leisure is wasteful is deeply entrenched in some cultures, and is prevalent in the U.S.