Ring the alarm. The Borg are coming.
According to C&ENews (7 Mar 2016, p. 9, “Is UC Berkeley’s College of Chemistry in danger?“) the administration of UC Berkeley is considering doing away with its venerable College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (est’d. 1872). The chemical enterprise will remain, the story says, but it will be absorbed into the Borg Collective, better known as the College of Letters & Science. C&ENews quotes Kris McNeill (BS Reed ’92, PhD UC Berkeley ’97) as saying,
“… part of Berkeley Chemistry’s unique success comes from its unique structure. While such a reorganization might benefit the university, it doesn’t seem like there is any way it can be better for Chemistry. The best-case scenario is that it’s no worse.