News

Subscribe to News feed
News from the University of California, Berkeley
Updated: 4 hours 2 min ago

Shaping a story that sets Berkeley’s innovators apart from the rest

Tue., 2020-02-25 04:00pm
Chief Innovative and Entrepreneurship Officer Rich Lyons seeks to map a course for UC Berkeley to change the world

Stopping hate at UC Berkeley

Tue., 2020-02-25 03:46pm
'We all possess great power to hurt or heal. We can de-escalate a situation or crisis; we can humanize or de-humanize others,' Christ wrote in a message to the campus community

David Card: Debunking myths about the value of education

Tue., 2020-02-25 11:27am
Berkeley economist David Card will discuss the importance of investing in public education during the 107th annual Martin Meyerson Berkeley Faculty Research Lecture

Charmin Smith challenges the norm of the white college coach

Mon., 2020-02-24 04:00pm
The Berkeley women’s basketball coach says black women add value to sports management positions

Three Berkeley experts join Gov. Newsom’s Council of Economic Advisors

Mon., 2020-02-24 03:11pm
The three Berkeley economists appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom have expertise in areas such as globalization, poverty and inequality, and the future of work

Meet our new faculty: Dimitrios Zekkos, civil and environmental engineering

Mon., 2020-02-24 01:04pm
Name: Dimitrios Zekkos Discipline: Civil and environmental engineering Degrees: M.Eng., University of Patras, Greece 2001; M.Sc., civil engineering, UC Berkeley, 2002; Ph.D., civil engineering, UC Berkeley, 2005 Research interests: How our infrastructure responds to environmental

Meet our new faculty: Emmeline Chuang, social welfare

Mon., 2020-02-24 01:01pm
Name: Emmeline Chuang Discipline:Social welfare Degrees: Ph.D., Health policy and management, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2010 Research interests: My research focuses on health and human service organizations can work together to improve service

Brain cells protect muscles from wasting away

Fri., 2020-02-21 11:20am
The roundworm C. elegans is helping scientists understand how the brain controls aging, including age-related muscle atrophy

Mighty California, the Super Tuesday kingmaker? Don’t bet on it.

Thu., 2020-02-20 04:00pm
'It’s difficult to see California as being decisive in the way that people who moved the primary forward hoped it would be,' one expert said

A must-read for parenting Gen Z, and tuning out the noise

Thu., 2020-02-20 12:36pm
Berkeley sociologist shares parenting tips on navigating an entirely new adolescence

How the monkeyflower gets its spots

Thu., 2020-02-20 10:46am
Study reveals the genetics behind the blooms’ eye-catching patterns, which serve as ‘landing pads’ for bees and other pollinators

Ehren Tool’s cups aren’t for sale. They’re for starting conversations — about war

Thu., 2020-02-20 09:00am
Since 2001, the ceramics studio manager at Berkeley has made nearly 22,000 clay cups decorated with war images, most of which he has given away or plans to give away

Professor pushes for diversity in teacher workforce

Tue., 2020-02-18 04:00pm
Travis Bristol has made it his life’s work to help recruit, support and retain more male teachers of color

Meet our new faculty: Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, engineering

Tue., 2020-02-18 02:36pm
Name: Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos Discipline: Engineering Degrees: B.S., University of Patras, 2003; M.S., UC Berkeley, 2004; Ph.D., UC Berkeley, 2008 Research interests: My research focus is on assessing and mitigating the impact of multi-hazard stressors on

Meet our new faculty: Benjamin Blonder, environmental science

Tue., 2020-02-18 02:28pm
Name: Benjamin Blonder Discipline: Environmental science Degrees: Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2014 Research interests: We predict how plant biodiversity responds to changing environments, using a mix of field, modeling and remote-sensing methods. Fun fact:I recently

Historian uncovers gynecology’s brutal roots in slavery

Sun., 2020-02-16 04:00pm
Q&A with Deirdre Cooper Owens, a professor in the history of medicine, who will speak at Berkeley on Friday, Feb. 21 at noon

Berkeley Talks: Journalist Jemele Hill on the intersection of sports and race

Fri., 2020-02-14 04:35pm
Reporter Hill discusses the NFL and Colin Kaepernick, what it's like reporting on sports as a black woman and how her life changed after President Trump tweeted about her

Breakthrough Listen scans Milky Way Galaxy for beacons of civilization

Fri., 2020-02-14 04:00pm
Breakthrough Listen releases 2 petabytes of new SETI data on radio emissions from the Milky Way, and looks for technosignatures around 20 nearby stars

Algorithms are better than people in predicting recidivism, study says

Fri., 2020-02-14 10:59am
Joint Stanford-Berkeley research could have far-reaching implications for U.S. criminal justice

Pages