Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau

	Robert J. Birgeneau Chancellor and Professor of Physics University of California, Berkeley
BEAR IN MIND Conversations with the Chancellor Downloadable Images UC Berkeley NewsCenter Requesting Chancellor's Time and Correspondence Guidelines CalNet Authentication Required Office of the Chancellor 200 California Hall # 1500 University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-1500 Phone (510) 642-7464 Fax (510) 643-5499 chancellor@berkeley.edu Contact: Sean Ireland copyright © UC Regents	If you look west from the Berkeley hills as the sun sets, framed by the Golden Gate, you will see what was once the far edge of the Western frontier. Today Berkeley is positioned at the leading edge of new frontiers -- the frontiers of knowledge and education. In our age the threshold of the unknown is intellectual rather than geographic. Berkeley's role as a model public university is so important that we must summon ourselves to its highest aspirations. Any failure to lead as a pre-eminent research and teaching university not only diminishes Berkeley but also diminishes the standards to which public education in this nation aspires. Access and Excellence The Chancellor's vision for our campus NewsCenter \| 21 November 2008 Universities Turn to Consultants to Trim Budgets (PDF) By Tamar Lewin The New York Times (15 November 2009) Cracks in the Future Bob Herbert, Op-Ed Columnist The New York Times (3 October 2009) Rescuing Our Public Universities By Robert J. Birgeneau and Frank D. Yeary The Washington Post (27 September 2009)	photos UC News Center Announcement of campus-wide effort underway to reduce costs and streamline operations. "We are calling this exercise Operational Excellence to reflect our commitment to an administration that is as effective and as excellent as we are in teaching and research." Chancellor Birgeneau, 1 October 2009