SFGate
Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer
Thursday, February 18, 2010
(02-18) 10:03 PST BERKELEY -- Campus diversity at UC Berkeley, hemmed in by state law and economic woes, will take a step forward today with the announcement of a privately funded $16 million venture to promote learning across cultural and social gaps.
The university said a gift from the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund will establish an ambitious program of teaching, research and public service on inequality and diversity. The project will endow five faculty research chairs, including one on disability and another on the rights of lesbians and gays.
"We're turning the challenges of a multicultural society into a major academic endeavor," said Chancellor Robert Birgeneau.
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