October 12, 2015 


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We, the undersigned UC Berkeley Astronomy faculty, write to make clear that sexual harassment
has no place in our Department, and that we fully support the survivors of harassment. We regret
the harm caused by our faculty, and reject any suggestion that our sympathies should be with the
perpetrators of sexual harassment. We are committed to developing and maintaining a
supportive, open climate in which all members of the Department can thrive, regardless of
gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or religious faith. This goal has been
compromised by policies that led to a lack of communication in UC Berkeley's handling of Geoff
Marcy's sexual harassment case. We urge the UC Berkeley administration to re-evaluate its
response to Marcy, who has been found in violation of UC sexual harassment policy. We believe
that Geoff Marcy cannot perform the functions of a faculty member. 


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Jonathan Arons 

Gibor Basri 

Steven Beckwith 

Joshua Bloom 

Eugene Chiang 

Marc Davis 

Imke de Pater 

Alex Filippenko 

Reinhard Genzel 

Al Glassgold 

James Graham 

Carl Heiles 

Paul Kalas 

Daniel Kasen 

Richard Klein 

Mariska Kriek 

Chung-Pei Ma 

Burkhard Militzer 

Peter Nugent 

Aaron Parsons 

Eliot Quataert 

Uros Seljak 

Daniel Weisz 

Martin White