New UC Berkeley chancellor is anthropology and history scholar

Source: mercurynews.com Posted By: Lillie S...4174 days ago

University of California regents today appointed former Columbia University Dean Nicholas Dirks as UC Berkeley's new chancellor.

Dirks has resigned from his position as Executive Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of the Arts and Sciences at Columbia.

A few highlights of his career:

-- Where he went to college: Wesleyan University, Class of 1972

-- Where he did his postgraduate studies (in South Asian history and anthropology): University of Chicago

-- Where he has worked: Columbia....

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