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The llamas were here! The llamas were here!
Llamapalooza returned to campus Monday to help stressed-out students relax a week before finals start
Prenatal exposure to chemicals in personal care products may speed puberty in girls
Earlier age at puberty has been linked with increased risk of mental illness and cancer
Berkeley’s David Durden to coach Team USA’s men’s 2020 Olympic swim team
David Durden, now in his 12th year coaching the Berkeley men's swim team, has a long history coaching with Team USA in the Olympics, and in 2020 he will be the head man for the first time.
Hang in there. As couples age, humor replaces bickering
Study of longtime marrieds finds less rancor and more tenderness as time goes by.
New quantum materials could take computing devices beyond the semiconductor era
Quantum materials, so-called mutliferroics, are promising candidates for new type of memory and logic circuits
Settlement reached in free speech case
Groups that challenged UC Berkeley's management of student-sponsored events have agreed to drop their claims that the campus discriminated against speakers on the basis of political viewpoints
First responders will be special guests of Berkeley at Big Game
With the Big Game postponed two weeks by the smoke from the Camp Fire in Butte County, some of the first responders will be guests of the Bears as Berkeley and Stanford meet Saturday for the 121st time.
Cleantech to Market celebrates 10 years of success
The Berkeley Haas program pairs students with scientists to help push promising technologies to market
Rising waters could be a major obstacle for A’s Howard Terminal stadium
Environmental design professor Kristina Hill, an expert in rising sea levels, says it won't be easy building so close to the estuary
Outstanding staff honored today: watch the livestream
Outstanding UC Berkeley staffers — 11 individuals and 10 teams — were being honored today in ceremonies today that are being livestreamed from 2-4 p.m.
Fire + water: Restoring natural fire to California’s mountains
UC Berkeley environmental engineer Sally Thompson has found that letting smaller fires burn in California's wildlands has meant better water supplies downstream
Study: State healthcare gains will fade without increased effort
UC Berkeley Labor Center study finds that 13 percent of state could be without insurance by 2023
Susan Ervin-Tripp, pioneering psycholinguist and feminist, dies at 91
Widely cherished UC Berkeley professor emerita of psychology and early advocate for gender equity in academia.
Exploring the history of what might have been earns Gallagher the Jacques Barzun Prize
Non-historian's dive into counterfactualism through the centuries earns huge respect from historians of the American Philosophical Society
Fiona Doyle: Considering wellness, happiness and success as the semester ends
At a stressful time of year, UC Berkeley's vice provost for graduate studies and dean of the Graduate Division shares what she's learned about wellness and its impact on happiness and success during her career in academia
Cal Performances’ Liz Baqir has long been ticketed for success
Liz Baqir can remember the moment as if it was yesterday. Baqir, on a rare day off from her job as the longtime ticket manager for Cal Performances, was working in the box office of
Meet our new faculty: Maria Sonevytsky, ethnomusicology
Sonevytsky is a new assistant professor in ethnomusicology in the Department of Music at UC Berkeley
Meet our new faculty: Tolani Britton, education
Tolani Britton, new to the Graduate School of Education at Berkeley, explores the impact of policies on students’ transition from secondary school to higher education
Three faculty members elected AAAS fellows
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is the nation’s largest scientific organization
49ers’ handling of Reuben Foster domestic abuse case seen as a bit of progress
Alumna and lawyer who has researched domestic abuse in the NFL says that while the 49ers made the proper call, there is an argument to be made that the call should have been made by a neutral party