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Berkeley Talks: Barbara Simons on election hacking and how to avoid it in 2020
"There are a number of myths about elections that we've been hearing, saying that they are secure. And I want to shoot down two of those key myths," said the board chair of Verified Voting, who gave the 2019 Minner Distinguished Lecture in Engineering Ethics
ICON’s mission to the ionosphere begins with beautiful fall launch
NASA launches mission to explore frontier of space
Classes canceled Friday; faculty and staff should stay away from campus
5:44 PM update: Depending on the restoration of power, campus may be open for research activities and special events Friday evening.
Frequently asked questions about the campus power outage
Answers to queries about classes, facilities and the campus's power supply
Students, faculty and staff asked to stay away from campus during outage
10:50 a.m. update: Power is down on the core campus. All classes are canceled. Some buildings are running on emergency power.
Classes will resume Thursday unless there is a power outage
5:57 p.m. update: Campus leaders will continue to monitor this fluid situation into the night
Underground parking garages will be closed during outage
Latest updates on where to park when coming to campus
What power loss means for researchers, lab managers
What does the power outage mean for labs that depend on electrical power ?
What students should know about residence halls, dining commons during outage
An update on what students should expect during the planned power outage
Classes cancelled Wednesday due to expected campus power loss
PG&E plans to shut off power in most Bay Area counties over the next few days to guard against fire dangers that may accompany anticipated high winds
Teeter totters as activism: How the border wall became a playground
When UC Berkeley architect Ronald Rael took his bright pink teeter totters to the U.S.-Mexico border wall, he didn't know that what he and his team did next would go viral
Campus leaders preparing for possible power loss
Marc Fisher, UC Berkeley’s vice chancellor for administration, and Alicia Johnson, director of Berkeley’s Office of Emergency Management, issued the following message on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019: As you may know, PG&E has announced that most
Berkeley Talks: Nobel laureate Randy Schekman on new Parkinson’s research
Schekman, a professor of molecular and cell biology, spoke on Sept. 17 at the Aging, Research, and Technology Innovation Summit, which focused on the challenge of understanding and treating neurodegenerative diseases
Naturalist E.O. Wilson on the fight to save half the planet for wildlife
Renowned biologist and author to visit campus Monday to celebrate third annual Half-Earth Day
From Mississippi to Chicago to Belarus, ancestors guide her way
Connecting with our past can bring "life-changing potential," says assistant professor Tina Sacks
CRISPRed flies mimic monarch butterfly — and could make you vomit
A scientific first: recreating in fruit flies the mutations that allowed monarch butterflies to eat toxic milkweed with impunity
UC now holds largest CRISPR-Cas9 patent portfolio
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a 16th CRISPR-based patent to the UC team that first invented the gene-editing tool
Meet our new faculty: Andreja Novakovic, philosophy
Andreja Novakovic is an expert in Hegel
Meet our new faculty: Hany Farid, computer science
Hany Farid is an expert in deepfake videos