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Plant biologist, former vice chancellor Watson ‘Mac’ Laetsch dies at 86

Tue., 2020-02-04 03:59pm
During his long career, Mac Laetsch served as director of the Botanical Garden, Lawrence Hall of Science and vice chancellor for development

Staffer Takiyah Franklin on striving to live a liberated life, leading with love

Tue., 2020-02-04 12:10pm
"It’s February, and it’s Black History Month. But I recognize black history every day. Black history is American history. And until we really start to understand that, I don’t know how much progress we’re going to make," says Franklin, the faculty research coordinator at the Othering and Belonging Institute and the current chair of the Black Staff and Faculty Organization

Coronavirus ‘not something to panic about,’ says Berkeley health expert

Tue., 2020-02-04 11:38am
Though cases in China may exceed current reports, infectious disease specialist John Swartzberg believes the United States is well equipped to face the outbreak

Washington Redskins’ name, Native mascots offend more than previously reported

Tue., 2020-02-04 05:00am
A majority of Native Americans polled by a UC Berkeley researcher object to caricatures of their culture

Four films for an afrocentric view of history

Mon., 2020-02-03 03:25pm
Staffer A. Hamilton suggests four features that 'invite us to experience stories through the lens of black documentarians'

Meet the 11 winners of UC Berkeley’s African American Initiative scholarship

Mon., 2020-02-03 03:21pm
The AAI Scholarship is a valuable tool to help draw African American students who have been admitted to Berkeley but would otherwise choose to go elsewhere

No shortcuts for first-year Tim Henry

Mon., 2020-02-03 03:13pm
Because of his demonstrated leadership in different facets of his life, Henry was awarded an African American Initiative (AAI) Scholarship

As coronavirus arrives in Bay Area, UC Berkeley prepares

Fri., 2020-01-31 09:38pm
An update on plans from two UC Berkeley leaders

Berkeley Talks: Film historian Harry Chotiner on the state of American cinema

Fri., 2020-01-31 10:40am
Chotiner, an adjunct assistant professor at NYU, talks about film in the past year, from Hollywood blockbusters and indie favorites to the impact of the #MeToo movement, changes in the Academy and the upcoming Oscars

Impeachment defenses risk our constitutional order, says Berkeley Law dean

Thu., 2020-01-30 02:59pm
Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, shares his thoughts on Trump's impeachment trial

How the discovery of a racist speech led to a new name for Berkeley Law building

Thu., 2020-01-30 10:36am
Charles Reichmann didn’t set out to change the name of a building at one of the nation’s top law schools

Chancellor Carol Christ: Why we denamed Boalt Hall

Thu., 2020-01-30 06:55am
"Boalt’s views clearly stand in opposition to our university’s values," Chancellor Carol Christ wrote

UC Berkeley removes racist John Boalt’s name from law school

Thu., 2020-01-30 06:30am
Denaming of Boalt Hall is a first in campus history

Removing Boalt Hall’s name helps campus climate, undergrad says

Thu., 2020-01-30 06:30am
Victoria Vera sits on chancellor's Building Name Review Committee

Neuroscientist John Ngai named director of NIH BRAIN Initiative

Wed., 2020-01-29 10:00am
Ngai will lead a multibillion-dollar federal research push to develop new tools that will help scientists understand how the brain works and lead to new treatments for brain dysfunction

Surging Sanders leads in California primary, says Berkeley IGS Poll

Tue., 2020-01-28 04:40pm
Five weeks before the California Democratic primary, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders has emerged as the clear front-runner

How UC Berkeley is preparing for coronavirus

Tue., 2020-01-28 03:32pm
University Health Services, working in partnership with local public health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, continues to monitor the situation closely

Nobelists urge Trump to require free access to taxpayer-funded publications

Tue., 2020-01-28 09:37am
Open-access advocates are heartened by rumors that the Trump administration will mandate that all publications based on federally funded research be freely accessible to the public

Find interviews about the Holocaust at Berkeley’s Oral History Center

Mon., 2020-01-27 10:50am
Today marks 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz. Researchers and the public can find more than 200 oral histories at the Bancroft Library that reference the largest Nazi death camp during World War II and the Holocaust

New study debunks myth of Cahokia’s Native American lost civilization

Mon., 2020-01-27 09:00am
Ancient poop levels point to repopulation of iconic pre-Columbian metropolis

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