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Introducing a kinder, gentler way to blow holes in cells
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
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
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
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
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
New Berkeley payroll system goes live March 30
Berkeley Talks: Tarfia Faizullah reads new work at Lunch Poems
Tarfia Faizullah is the author of Registers of Illuminated Villages (2018) and Seam (2014)
Visiting Sacramento, grad students put a human face on research
Students meet with legislators to explain importance of research
Fossil barnacles, the original GPS, help track ancient whale migrations
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
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
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
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
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
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
Literary classics meet fruit, fondant for Edible Books Festival in Moffitt Library
Building a resilient, connected student body
VC Stephen Sutton speaks about student experience at Wednesday's Campus Conversation
Taking a stand against hate
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
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
Cal graduates passionate about making a difference answer the call to serve
New Zealand shooter has similarity to American alt-right extremists
UC Berkeley professor Lawrence Rosenthal suspects New Zealand shooter was hoping that he would be the leader of a global uprising.