亲爱的伯克利师生们，

In recent weeks, the Berkeley administration has received several reports of negative comments directed at our Chinese-American faculty, as well as at researchers engaged in collaborations with Chinese companies and institutions, implying without basis that these scholars could be acting as spies or otherwise working at odds with the interests of the United States. We have heard reports of similar messages directed at Iranian-American faculty and others with academic or personal ties to the Middle East.

最近几周，伯克利的管理层收到了一些针对我校华裔教师，以及针对中国公司与机构合作的研究人员的负面评论和报道，暗示我校学者可能会充当间谍，损害美国之利益。除此之外，对于我校伊朗裔美籍教师，及其他中东学者，亦有类似报告。

Let us be clear that comments of this sort breed hurt and distrust, discriminate against members of our community, and run counter to our well-established Principles of Community. At a time when national security issues involving foreign countries make the front pages of our newspapers, it is critical that we not become any less welcoming to students, staff, faculty, visiting scholars, and other members of our community who come from those countries, or for whom those countries are an ancestral home. As California’s own dark history teaches us, an automatic suspicion of people based on their national origin can lead to terrible injustices.

对于此类事件，最重要的影响是，这类言论会造成伤害与不信任，会潜移默化的引起对身边同事、同学的歧视，这有违我校立校原则。在这种涉及国家安全的问题被广泛讨论的时期，至关重要的是，我们不要以此来恶意怀疑、中伤那些祖籍是受波及的国家的学生、教师及访问学者等。加利福尼亚的黑暗历史告诉我们，基于一个人原籍国而产生的怀疑，可能导致可怕的不公正。

We therefore write to reaffirm that Berkeley remains open to people from all over the world, and ask that you continue to make all members of our community feel welcome and respected. In this regard, please be mindful that even off-hand remarks made in jest can be harmful to building the inclusive environment we wish to have on campus.

因此，我们写信重申，伯克利仍然向来自世界各地的人们敞开大门，并要求伯克利人也继续对学校里的所有成员抱以欢迎和尊重。在此请注意，即便是非正式场合的玩笑言论，也可能对学校的包容性环境造成破坏。

Beyond all this, as a general rule, Berkeley faculty and graduate students do not work with sensitive technological secrets or sensitive knowledge. Since the 1930s, University of California policy has made it clear that campuses will not engage in any research whose results cannot be openly and publicly disseminated.

除此之外，一般来说，伯克利大学的教师和研究生，不会研究和参与秘密技术或者敏感知识。自从1930年以来，加州大学（University of California）就已经明确规定，如果一项研究的结果不能公开以及公开传播，那么学校就不会参与其中。

If you have concerns about any aspects of the research partnerships taking place at Berkeley, we encourage you to contact the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at [email protected]. Thank you for endeavoring to make our campus a place where all members of our community feel welcome.

如果你对伯克利的研究合作伙伴有任何的担忧，可以通过邮件与主管研究的副校长办公室联系。感谢大家的努力，让我们校园里的所有人都感到温暖。

敬上我们诚挚致意，

校长

Carol Christ

执行副校长和教务长

Paul Alivisatos

研究主管副校长

Randy Katz