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As of 05/28/14 at 3:04pm PST, the following sentence is part of the introduction on article Robert J. Birgeneau

"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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  • 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.

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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:

  • 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).