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The llamas were here! The llamas were here!

Mon., 2018-12-03 04:16pm
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

Mon., 2018-12-03 04:05pm
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

Mon., 2018-12-03 11:57am
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

Mon., 2018-12-03 09:51am
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

Mon., 2018-12-03 08:00am
Quantum materials, so-called mutliferroics, are promising candidates for new type of memory and logic circuits

Settlement reached in free speech case

Sun., 2018-12-02 04:00pm
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

Fri., 2018-11-30 05:38pm
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

Fri., 2018-11-30 03:44pm
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

Thu., 2018-11-29 03:58pm
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

Thu., 2018-11-29 12:12pm
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

Wed., 2018-11-28 11:17am
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

Tue., 2018-11-27 04:39pm
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

Tue., 2018-11-27 04:00pm
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

Tue., 2018-11-27 01:14pm
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

Tue., 2018-11-27 01:00pm
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

Tue., 2018-11-27 01:00pm
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

Tue., 2018-11-27 01:00pm
Sonevytsky is a new assistant professor in ethnomusicology in the Department of Music at UC Berkeley

Meet our new faculty: Tolani Britton, education

Tue., 2018-11-27 01:00pm
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

Tue., 2018-11-27 08:00am
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

Mon., 2018-11-26 04:19pm
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

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