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"His period as the Berkeley chancellor was among the most controversial in the university's history and was characterized by increasing police violence towards students."
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As of 01/21/15 at 3:20pm PST, the following sentence is part of the introduction on article Robert J. Birgeneau
"Robert Joseph Birgeneau (born March 25, 1942) is a Canadian physicist and university administrator."
Robert Birgeneau and his wife Mary Catherine are both naturalized U.S. citizens. This statement should be edited to reflect this by simply changing "Canadian" to "Canadian-born" and updating his Nationality to "United States."
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EXISTING SECTION: "UC Berkeley" edit
- While Chancellor of UC Berkeley, Birgeneau developed a number of public university partnerships with government, industry, foundations and private philanthropy. These partnerships include:
- Energy Biosciences Institute: a center that performs research aimed at the production of new and cleaner energy. (Citation: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/02/01_ebi.shtml);
- Li Ka Shing Center for the Biomedical and Health Sciences: a multidisciplinary research center that pursues ways to prevent the root causes of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, HIV and tuberculosis. (Citation: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/21/campus-dedicates-li-ka-shing-center-for-biomedical-and-health-sciences-philanthropist-receives-berkeley-medal/);
- Blum Center for Developing Economies: a multidisciplinary campus initiative to improve the quality of life for people in developing nations. (Citation: http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/04/19_blum.shtml)
- Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society: a research effort gathering data to inform government policy and practices towards traditionally disenfranchised groups, as well as connect faculty over issues of diversity. (Citation: http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/05/11/uc-berkeley-launches-groundbreaking-disability-research-initiative/)
- Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing: a global center for theoretical computer science exploring challenges in fields such as mathematics, health care, climate modeling, astrophysics, genetics, economics and business. (Citation: http://www.dailycal.org/2012/05/02/uc/)
- Birgeneau developed the first Cabinet-level vice chancellor for equity and inclusion in higher education, as well as a faculty-led academic project called Berkeley Diversity Research Initiative, dedicated to the study of diversity in health, democracy and education.
- During his tenure as Chancellor, Birgeneau restructured UC Berkeley's financial management during the 2008-12 California budget crisis (Citation: http://www.cbpp.org/cms/?fa=view&id=3927). Birgeneau introduced an effort to reduce administrative costs through the Operational Excellence initiative (Citation: http://oe.berkeley.edu/news/chancellor-announces-operational-excellence-effort). Under Birgeneau, the Campaign for Berkeley, a fundraising campaign, raised $3.13 billion dollars to support teaching, research and public service, including the Hewlett Endowed Chairs Matching Program, which supports 100 faculty chairs and graduate fellowships (Citation: https://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2014/02/27/uc-berkeley-raises-3-billion-dollars/).
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In his professional career, Robert J. Birgeneau has received more than 40 honors, awards, fellowships and honorary degrees. Some recognition includes:
- Awarded the 2000 Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize "for using neutron and x-ray scattering to elucidate the structure, phase transitions, and excitations of materials that are paradigms of important statistical mechanical models, and for his ability to convey the excitement of physics to a broad range of audiences". (Citation: http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/prizes/prizerecipient.cfm?last_nm=Birgeneau&first_nm=Robert&year=2000)
- Awarded the 2006 National Forum for Black Public Administrators' Achiever in Public Service. (Citation: http://nfbpaoakland.wix.com/nfbpaoakland)
- Honored with the Founders Award from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006 for his "abiding commitment to excellence in teaching and research and a long-standing determination to uphold the principles of access and inclusion." (quote by Academy President Patricia Meyer Spacks). (citation: https://www.amacad.org/content/news/pressReleases.aspx?pr=43)
- Received the Academic Leadership Award in 2008 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a "Champion of Excellence and Equity in Education". (Citation: http://carnegie.org/news/press-releases/story/news-action/single/view/visionaries-at-berkeley-syracuse-honored-with-top-educators-prize/)
- Recognized for his work with undocumented students in 2013 through Rising Immigrant Scholars through Education, (citation: http://clas.berkeley.edu/research/immigration-reclaiming-dream), as well as his support for women in science through a study Birgeneau conducted as part of a committee at MIT, in which they "made recommendations for improving the status of senior women faculty, addressing the family-work conflict for junior women faculty, and increasing the number of women faculty."(citation: http://web.mit.edu/fnl/women/women.html).
- Currently the chair of the Lincoln Project, a national initiative of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to support public higher education by promoting "the development of new federal, corporate, and philanthropic sources of support to sustain public higher education in every state". (Citation: https://www.amacad.org/content/Research/researchproject.aspx?d=929)