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London’s Royal Society elects four from Berkeley
World's oldest scientific society elects two new fellows and two new foreign members from UC Berkeley faculty
Berkeley Talks: Professor Rucker Johnson on why school integration works
Johnson, an associate professor in public policy at UC Berkeley, talks about his new book Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works, in which he and a team analyze the impact of integration, as well as school funding policies and the Head Start program
Nine faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Scholars selected to take on the critical challenges of our time.
Fiat Vox: Chancellor Carol Christ and Professor Emerita Carol Clover on women in the academy, then and now
"I always felt like a pioneer," says Christ, "in part, because I’m of the generation of the feminist revolution."
What do big changes in Sacramento mean for Berkeley?
Latest Campus Conversation scheduled for Thursday
Can’t sing? These undergrads have a karaoke booth just for you
Student trio creates soundproof karaoke booth
Notre Dame fire like the burning of the Library of Alexandria, historian says
Berkeley historians describe Notre Dame as the heart of France despite the French people's complicated history with the Roman Catholic cathedral.
Campus comes alive on Cal Day to welcome new admits
Record numbers of newly admitted first-year and transfer students take in all things Berkeley
Early warning for wildland fires? There could be an app for that
Berkeley geographer says images from West Coast weather satellite could be used to spot fires
Berkeley Talks: Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II: ‘Forward together, not one step back’
Barber delivered the closing keynote speech on April 10 at the 2019 Othering & Belonging conference, organized by the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley
Five Berkeleyans among 2019 Guggenheim winners
Winners include experts on modernism, European history and the arms trade
Largest, fastest array of microscopic ‘traffic cops’ for optical communications
The technology could revolutionize how information travels through data centers and artificial intelligence networks
Ice Ages triggered when tropical islands and continents collide
Collisions expose rocks that take up carbon dioxide, causing atmospheric levels to drop and the Earth to cool, scientists argue
Berkeley Talks: Jennifer Douda on the future of gene editing
Doudna, a professor of chemistry and molecular and cell biology, spoke on Feb. 21, 2019, about the revolutionary gene-editing tool she co-invented, CRISPR-Cas9
Five million bugs on Cal Day
Take a tour of the insect world with entomologist Pete Oboyski
Post-Elsevier breakup, new publishing agreement ‘a win for everyone’
UC achieves first open access agreement with major publisher
Christ launches effort to update Berkeley’s development plan
Survey, outreach process begins
New York City gentrification creating urban ‘islands of exclusion,’ study finds
The pattern is being replicated in high-cost areas across the country
Falling levels of air pollution drove decline in California’s tule fog
Less fog may help improve traffic safety in the valley
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative launches effort to increase diversity of STEM students
$6.9 million to expand successful Maryland program to UC Berkeley and UC San Diego