UC Berkeley chancellor to step down after 8 years

Robert J. Birgeneau, a Canadian-born physicist turning 70 this month, plans to stay on campus as a physics teacher and researcher.

UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau, who has led the prestigious campus since 2004 through state budget cuts, Nobel Prizes and campus protests, announced Tuesday that he would step down Dec. 31.

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