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Number of young people facing poverty has increased over last decade

Wed., 2019-06-05 04:21pm
An incomplete social safety net contributes to the problem

D-Day anniversary evokes strong, 75-year-old memories for Berkeley faculty

Wed., 2019-06-05 04:21pm
For four Berkeley emeriti, D-Day remains a piece of living history

I’m a Berkeleyan: Teresa Ochoa on coming to California, 34 years in custodial services

Tue., 2019-06-04 05:00pm
"I started working as a custodian at UC Berkeley in 1984. I was hungry to work. When they offered for me to work overtime, I always said, ‘Yes.’ When you have kids and a house, you have to pay your bills."

Sixth U.S. patent awarded to inventors of CRIRPR-Cas9 gene editing

Tue., 2019-06-04 08:20am
U.S. Patent Office has now issued UC six patents and allowed four others for variations on CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing

CRISPR baby mutation significantly increases mortality

Mon., 2019-06-03 08:00am
Two copies of mutated CCR5 gene associated with lower survivability, Berkeley researchers find

Berkeley mathematics pries Gotti away from dancing and skydiving … and Cuba

Fri., 2019-05-31 02:41pm
Born in Cuba, Felix Gotti escaped from his homeland to pursue mathematics at UC Berkeley

Chancellor announces plans to honor African Americans’ contributions to the nation

Fri., 2019-05-31 11:00am
"Last year, the federal 400 Years of African American History Commission Act was signed into law and now, together as a country and a campus, we will acknowledge, study and discuss the meaning and lasting impact of a despicable chapter in our nation’s history."

‘She understands’: Asian American prof shares life lessons with students

Fri., 2019-05-31 09:11am
Berkeley Haas faculty chair lost grandfather to Hiroshima, understands being caught between cultures

I’m a Berkeleyan: Truck driver Jim Hanspard on his 35 years on campus

Fri., 2019-05-31 09:00am
"I’m going to miss working here. It’s been a long run. I’m just glad to be a part of it."

Their workshop’s no palace, but they hold the keys to the kingdom

Thu., 2019-05-30 08:52am
UC Berkeley’s eight locksmiths guard the master keys to hundreds of buildings on and around the campus

Berkeley Talks: john powell on targeted universalism

Tue., 2019-05-28 05:00pm
In Who Belongs, a podcast by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, john powell, director of the Haas Institute, talks about a platform to put into practice social programs that move all groups toward a universal policy goal

Why are there so many Filipino nurses in the U.S.?

Tue., 2019-05-28 11:00am
In her book, Empire of Care, ethnic studies professor Catherine Ceniza Choy explains how the wave of Filipino nurse immigration started in the early 20th century

UC receives patent for use of CRISPR-Cas9 to tune gene expression

Tue., 2019-05-28 08:00am
UC's fifth patent for CRISPR-Cas9, along with five more to come soon from the U.S. patent office, expands the toolkit for gene editing

Berkeley Talks: Tanner Lectures, day 3: Commentators respond to Ripstein, discuss morality of war

Tue., 2019-05-28 12:00am
On day three of the Tanner Lectures, commentators Chris Kutz, a Berkeley Law professor; Oona Hathaway, a Yale Law professor; and Jeff McMahan, a moral philosophy professor at the University of Oxford, provide commentary

World flocks to Berkeley to explore how to combat sexual harassment and violence

Fri., 2019-05-24 01:05pm
Catharine MacKinnon said in her keynote address that "We haven't won yet, but we are winning."

Where do new stars form in galaxies?

Fri., 2019-05-24 09:58am
Stars form rapidly in cold molecular clouds, but these hot upstarts quickly tamp down further star formation, creating a cosmic cauldron

The Fass track: Out of retirement to become The Magnes’ new faculty director

Thu., 2019-05-23 03:47pm
Writing books will have to wait for former UC Berkeley history professor Paula Fass as she assumes a new role

What we think we know — but might not — pushes us to learn more

Thu., 2019-05-23 09:31am
Findings challenge a popular belief that curiosity in general is the prime driver of learning

Mental health issues front and center at University Health Services

Wed., 2019-05-22 03:55pm
Amid the stress and anxiety in Berkeley of finals and graduation, May is Mental Health Awareness Month

Berkeley Talks: Tanner Lectures, day 2: Arthur Ripstein on why it’s wrong to target civilians during war

Wed., 2019-05-22 01:00pm
In the second of three 2019 Tanner Lectures on Human Values, Toronto law and philosophy professor Arthur Ripstein makes a distinction between those who are and are not a part of war

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