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Introducing a kinder, gentler way to blow holes in cells

Thu., 2019-03-28 02:50pm
For injecting CRISPR-Cas9 into cells, a new technique is more efficient, simpler and less expensive

Berkeley Talks: Neurobiologist David Presti on the ritual use of psychoactive plants

Thu., 2019-03-28 01:00pm
Presti spoke March 21 at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, alongside the new exhibit, Pleasure, Poison, Prescription and Prayer: The Worlds of Mind-Altering Substances

A Tolman love story, 56 years in the making

Thu., 2019-03-28 10:13am
After having their lives changed by meeting each other at UC Berkeley 56 years ago, Ian and Donna Mitroff are giving back to the university through the Ian and Donna Mitroff Scholarship

Candidates may have a point in trying to scrap the Electoral College

Wed., 2019-03-27 10:26am
Each state legislature is empowered to determine how to apportion its own electoral votes

Kids store 1.5 megabytes of information to master their native language

Wed., 2019-03-27 08:55am
New research from UC Berkeley suggests that language acquisition between birth and 18 is a remarkable feat of cognition

Three things that will get better with UCPath

Tue., 2019-03-26 09:46am
New Berkeley payroll system goes live March 30

Berkeley Talks: Tarfia Faizullah reads new work at Lunch Poems

Mon., 2019-03-25 05:00pm
Tarfia Faizullah is the author of Registers of Illuminated Villages (2018) and Seam (2014)

Visiting Sacramento, grad students put a human face on research

Mon., 2019-03-25 04:59pm
Students meet with legislators to explain importance of research

Fossil barnacles, the original GPS, help track ancient whale migrations

Mon., 2019-03-25 12:00pm
Fossilized barnacles that hitchhiked aboard humpback whales tell of yearly migrations hundreds of thousands of years ago

For America’s cities, housing policy is climate policy

Mon., 2019-03-25 09:50am
Berkeley's Dan Kammen joins state Senator Scott Wiener in supporting legislation mandating housing near transportation, job hubs

New CRISPR-powered device detects genetic mutations in minutes

Mon., 2019-03-25 09:00am
The device could be used to rapidly diagnose genetic diseases or to evaluate the accuracy of gene-editing techniques

Berkeley Talks: Author Ashton Applewhite on counteracting ageism

Sun., 2019-03-24 05:00pm
Applewhite, named one of PBS Next Avenue’s Influencers in Aging and author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism, talks about her work, which explores ageism’s destructive impact on individuals, our communities and our policies

Doctor on the court: Kristine Anigwe’s surgical brand of basketball

Fri., 2019-03-22 04:29pm
The senior center/forward heads into NCAA playoffs this weekend having loved her time at Berkeley and with the WNBA lurking in her future.

Sacramento to name secretary of state building after Berkeley’s March Fong Eu

Fri., 2019-03-22 02:42pm
Eu, who died at 95 in 2017, was the first Asian American in the country to serve in a state legislature

It was the best of taste, it was the worst of taste

Thu., 2019-03-21 02:41pm
Literary classics meet fruit, fondant for Edible Books Festival in Moffitt Library

Building a resilient, connected student body

Wed., 2019-03-20 04:58pm
VC Stephen Sutton speaks about student experience at Wednesday's Campus Conversation

Taking a stand against hate

Wed., 2019-03-20 04:00pm
Nearly 100 people gathered late Tuesday on UC Berkeley’s Sproul Plaza to declare: “Hate will not win.”

Berkeley Talks: Alumnus Jimmy López on composing ‘Dreamers’ oratorio inspired by Berkeley undocumented students

Wed., 2019-03-20 03:00pm
Composer Jimmy López, who earned his Ph.D. in music from UC Berkeley in 2012, speaks about Dreamers," an oratorio he was commissioned by Cal Performances to write that is informed by interviews held with undocumented students at UC Berkeley.

UC Berkeley jumps in Peace Corps rankings, remains all-time top volunteer producer

Wed., 2019-03-20 06:00am
Cal graduates passionate about making a difference answer the call to serve

New Zealand shooter has similarity to American alt-right extremists

Tue., 2019-03-19 12:50pm
UC Berkeley professor Lawrence Rosenthal suspects New Zealand shooter was hoping that he would be the leader of a global uprising.

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