Good Lord ! do NOT dissolve @UCBerkeley_Chemistry
近日，加州大学伯克利分校化学系
成了“网红”。
因为学生和校友与校长
“干起来了”！（真实原因见下文）
图1 Berkeley Chemistry
事情起因于Change.org的一份请愿书。
由伯克利化学系一名叫做
Jonathan F. (Jo) Melville的本科生
向校长发出。
图2 请愿书
不到24h，
已有1500人签名，
5天后人数增加到3300人。
其中不乏
Berkeley化学系
知名校友们。
他们共同请求不要撤销
Berkeley的化学系。
Comments from C&EN
最后吓得
学校管理层赶快解释：
撤销化学系只是
众多削减财政预案中的一种。
鼎鼎大名的Berkeley化学系
竟然真的有可能被解散。
吓得小编一身冷汗。
先看看下图他们的全美排名。
这相当于哪天
浙大突然宣布要解散浙大化学系。
（请原谅我的自恋）
原因真的竟然是没有钱了。
（哪位中国土豪去买了吧！）
再瞻仰一下他们的历史。
如果还知道Berkeley_Chemistry多牛B。
看看下面这些图，吓死宝宝们。
诺奖得主们！
美国化学里程碑建筑
Gilman Hall
毕业生们
哎，6/7的人字拖！
注定屌丝一辈子。。。。
附上请愿书全文，说不定你以后用得上！！
UC Berkeley's College of Chemistry is one of the largest and most prestigious chemistry institutions in the world. Its chemistry and chemical engineering programs have consistently been ranked on par with or higher than private schools like MIT, Harvard, and Caltech -- the only public school to do so. Faculty and alumni of the College have received thirteen Nobel Prizes, and researchers at the College of Chemistry were responsible in part for the discovery of over a dozen elements, including Californium, Seaborgium, and our very own Berkelium.
Yet despite the incomparable prestige that the College of Chemistry brings to UC Berkeley, the Chancellor's Office is considering disbanding the College, which dates back to 1872, as a proposed cost-saving measure. There is no doubt that UC Berkeley's high chemistry and chemical engineering rankings and ability to compete with far better-funded departments is due in part to the unique design of the College of Chemistry, which fosters a cooperative and interdisciplinary environment that brings faculty, grad students, and undergraduates together.
Dissolving the College of Chemistry would not only destroy a valuable part of UC Berkeley history, it risks losing the spark that makes Berkeley's chemistry and chemical engineering world-famous. The college's small class size and relatively low student:teacher ratio allow it to maintain its intimate focus on undergraduate research that produces such quality academics. Folding chemistry and chemical engineering into different colleges (Letters & Sciences and Engineering, respectively) damages the intersectionality of these fields, affecting numerous researchers and faculty whose work transcends these boundaries. To top it all off, the College of Chemistry raised more money during the 2015 Big Give than the entire College of Letters & Sciences, despite having less than 5% of the undergraduate population of the latter.
The College of Chemistry is a tightly-knit community that produces unparalleled results in part due to its unorthodox administrative position, with a history that stretches back over a century and alumni that have shaped and defined the course of modern science as we know it. The dissolution of the College of Chemistry would not just affect the students and faculty who call it home, it would be a loss for the University of California and the entire scientific community.
LETTER TO
Chancellor Nicholas Dirks
I stand with the College of Chemistry, a historic institution that has made immeasurable contributions to UC Berkeley, the scientific community, and the world. Do not allow the College of Chemistry to be dissolved.
Jonathan Melville started this petition with a single signature, and now has 4,370 supporters. Start a petition today to change something you care about.
我大化学如此江河日下，遭人嫌弃。客官，你怎么看？
欢迎来公众号YY。
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