UC Berkeley’s new chancellor plans to ‘question the status quo’

UC Berkeley may be best known as the birthplace of the student free speech movement and for its ranking as one of the world’s top public research universities.

But as incoming Chancellor Rich Lyons kicked off the new school year last week, he leaned into a less well-known standing: It is the world’s No. 1 university when it comes to producing venture-funded start-ups founded by…