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Meet our new faculty: Ethan Katz, history and Jewish studies
Ethan Katz is a new associate professor in history and Jewish studies at UC Berkeley
Meet our new faculty: Sabeeha Merchant, biology
Sabeeha Merchant is a new professor of plant and microbial biology and molecular and cell biology at UC Berkeley
CRISPR co-inventor responds to claim of first genetically edited babies
Doudna, co-inventor of CRISPR-Cas 9 gene editing, urged caution as sensational report emerges in China
What magnetic fields can tell us about life on other planets
Super-Earths could have magma oceans that generate their own long-lasting magnetic fields to protect incipient life
I’m a Berkeleyan: Teddy Lake
Junior explains what makes campus special to her, and why we need to fight for progress
Vanished no more: Giant of photography Roman Vishniac finds a home at The Magnes
Known primarily as a specialist of pre-World War II Jewish life, he also did breakthrough work in New York City street life, scientific studies. including microphotography and some celebrity photography as well
Podcast: Native American Antigone explores universal values of honoring the dead
Associate professor Beth Piatote's first play, Antíkoni, was performed in the Hearst Museum of Anthropology this month
Detoxify? Drink ginger? What to do after 10 days of bad air
Short answer: Keep calm, take care
Thanksgiving turkeys land in University Village, thanks to UCPD
Forty-five families received turkeys, vegetables and $40 gift certificates in the fifth annual C.U.B.S. Thanksgiving Turkey Drive, put on by UCPD, University Village management and Cal Dining.
To predict the future, the brain has two clocks
In sports, music and other activities, our movement is calculated in two different parts of the brain
As climate and land-use change accelerate, so must efforts to preserve state’s plants
New analysis identifies high-priority areas for preservation of the state's unique flora
Persistent poor air quality causes classes to be canceled Monday, Tuesday
With the Air Quality Index still at unhealthy levels, the campus has decided to cancel classes Monday and Tuesday. Classes will resume after Thanksgiving break.
Tracking down a star that disappeared 65 million years ago
A team of astronomers at UC Berkeley and elsewhere located a star that exploded in 2017, tying giant blue stars to a unique type of supernova
Veterans honored in solemn ceremonies at Memorial Stadium
Buglers played taps, and Chancellor Carol Christ spoke, along with three other speakers who are in active service or are veterans, one a student and two who are faculty
Big Game postponed, classes canceled because of smoky air
Cal Athletics announced that the Cal-Stanford classic, originally scheduled for tomorrow, will be held Dec. 1
Freeze-frame microscopy captures molecule’s ‘lock-and-load’ on DNA
Scientists obtain clearer picture of key machinery that transcribes DNA, thanks to cryo-electron microscopy
Worsening air quality forces cancellation of classes
Chancellor Carol Christ sent a message to the campus late Thursday as the Air Quality Index surpassed 200
Frenemies David French and Erwin Chemerinsky battle over politics and culture without getting nasty
David French represents the right and Erwin Chemerinsky the left, but they showed how to do it without any acrimony
New satellite view of Camp Fire as it burned through Paradise
Google's Earth Engine allows unique images of fire burning through Paradise, and clues to fires origin