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Playing high school football changes the teenage brain

Thu., 2018-11-15 10:00am
MRI study reveals that repeated blows to the head cause microscopic changes in young players’ brains

Message from the chancellor on air quality

Wed., 2018-11-14 10:45pm
Chancellor Carol Christ sent this message late Wednesday to the UC Berkeley community: Dear Students, Staff and Faculty, I am writing to provide an update about air quality on the Berkeley campus in response to

At Berkeley, ‘everyone should play a role in fundraising’

Wed., 2018-11-14 04:05pm
'Our job here is to inspire alumni, friends and parents to give back to us,' chief fundraiser says

Was it a ‘Blue Wave’ or not? Experts to break down Election Day

Wed., 2018-11-14 03:55pm
And what's it all mean for 2020?

Meet our new faculty: Jón Steinsson, economics

Wed., 2018-11-14 03:38pm
His main area of research is empirical macroeconomics with a focus on characterizing the effects that monetary and fiscal policy has on the economy

Meet our new faculty: Emi Nakamura, economics

Wed., 2018-11-14 03:33pm
Her research focuses on monetary and fiscal policy, business cycles and macroeconomic measurement

Undergrad’s hometown in ashes: ‘It truly was a paradise’

Tue., 2018-11-13 04:00pm
Elisabeth Earley's family home, barn and orchard were destroyed when the Camp Fire roared through Butte County — her family escaped

Preserving Native American culture, from Standing Rock to Berkeley

Tue., 2018-11-13 01:31pm
Melissa Stoner has made a name for herself helping make Berkeley's Ethnic Studies Library relevant

Mortgage algorithms perpetuate racial bias in lending, study finds

Tue., 2018-11-13 11:46am
Bias costs black and Latino homeowners up to half a billion dollars in interest every year

2018 Berkeley-Rupp Prize Awarded to Deanna Van Buren

Tue., 2018-11-13 10:00am
The prize recognizes distinguished designers or academics who have advanced gender equity in architecture

How does fundraising work at UC Berkeley?

Tue., 2018-11-13 09:34am
Top campus fundraiser gives the scoop at Campus Conversation event

Rare fossil bird deepens mystery of avian extinctions

Tue., 2018-11-13 04:00am
Most complete North American fossil of a bird, now extinct, that was the aerodynamic equal of the ancestors of modern birds

For Native American student, Berkeley a chance for ‘something completely new ‘

Fri., 2018-11-09 01:52pm
Undergraduate Lou M. came to Berkeley from the small community of Cherokee, North Carolina

Speaking for Berkeley veterans, now is Patrice Wilson’s time

Thu., 2018-11-08 04:00pm
The staffer and Air Force reservist, along with two fellow vets who work on campus and Chancellor Christ, will speak at Thursday's Veterans Celebration at Memorial Stadium

To get students on financial aid, tell them they belong in college

Thu., 2018-11-08 12:14pm
Preliminary findings of behavioral science research could increase Cal Grant

The end of civil discourse? Discuss, briefly

Thu., 2018-11-08 12:05pm
Staff, faculty and students at UC Berkeley are invited to submit essays of 500 words or less to the annual Fabilli Hoffer Essay Prize contest

Concert will mark 100th anniversary of end of World War I

Thu., 2018-11-08 10:00am
More than 2,000 from UC Berkeley's community fought in the Great War, which transformed the campus

Take a bow, freshman improv grads: You slayed it

Thu., 2018-11-08 09:30am
Undergrad seminar uses madcap theater to teach about the science of the human mind.

Skin-like sensor maps blood-oxygen levels anywhere in the body

Wed., 2018-11-07 01:02pm
New device would replace the fingertip oximeter and track oxygenation of healing wounds in real time

Students launch venture fund for campus-related startups

Wed., 2018-11-07 11:09am
Arrow Capital will provide early funding to new companies that are connected to someone who currently has or previously had a UC Berkeley affiliation

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