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Record $20 million matching gift will fund early-career faculty fellowships in perpetuity
The gift will create the Society of Hellman Fellows and double the number of fellowships awarded to early-career faculty each year through the Hellman Fellows Program
New lampposts, bulbs brighten campus
New lights come as campus is used into the evening hours by students and community groups
When it has to be done yesterday, the physics world turns to Berkeley
If the big telescope in Antarctica breaks, or the CERN supercollider needs a part, Warren Carlisle gets the call
Lion conservation efforts severely underfunded, study shows
An investment of $1 billion could save Africa’s protected areas that are home to lions
Nathan Adrian to make splash as Winter Commencement speaker
Olympic gold medal swimmer still trains with the Cal team, with an eye toward Tokyo in 2020
Voting on campus just got easier
Voting in the Nov. 6 midterm elections just got easier for people who work or go to school at UC Berkeley, with the installation of a ballot drop-off box near Sproul Hall. The ballot box,
150 years after last big East Bay quake, what have we learned?
Earthquake scientist Roland Bürgmann says we're better prepared that we were when the last giant one hit in 1868 — but we're never prepared enough
New Packard Fellow leverages time crystals to improve quantum measurement
Physicist Norman Yao will use fellowship's unrestricted funds to explore applications of his breakthrough discovery, time crystals
Smallest life forms have smallest working CRISPR system
Metagenomic search turns up compact Cas protein ideal for disease diagnostics
To protect biodiversity, researchers say we need to bring the wild back into our farmlands
Diversifying working lands may be key to preventing mass extinction
Doudna receives Medal of Honor from American Cancer Society
Doudna was among five people, including former vice president Joe Biden, to receive the cancer society's highest honor this year
To track how students ace the LSAT, watch their eyes
By following students' gaze, neuroscientists can literally watch learning in action.
National Academy of Medicine elects three faculty members to its ranks
Hector Rodriguez, John Kuriyan and Barbara Meyer were among 85 scholars elected to the prestigious organization
New AVC and director of undergraduate admissions named
Olufemi “Femi” Ogundele, currently assistant dean for diversity outreach at Stanford, will step into the position on Jan. 1.
Berkeley perk: (almost) free workout classes for staff, faculty
For just $30 a semester WorkFit program offers campus community 56 exercise classes per week
Meet our new faculty: Cecilia Mo, political science and public policy
UC Berkeley political science and public policy professor specializes in behavioral political economy, comparative political behavior, the political economy of development and social policy research
Meet our new faculty: Anders Naar, metabolic biology
This new UC Berkeley professor of metabolic biology researches the molecular mechanisms governing metabolism, and works to develop novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of metabolic disorders such as obesity, type 2 diabetes,
Space sciences lab staffer wins Berkeleyan caption contest
Yuzo Ishikawa, a staff research associate with UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, won the inaugural Berkeleyan caption contest, sending our poor squirrel wandering through Free Speech Movement Cafe asking diners, “Where is Dwinelle 427?”
I’m a Berkeleyan: Carmen Ortiz
As director of Cal Student Central, she works to help smooth the way for Berkeley students
Campus launches crowdfunding effort to install falcon cams on the Campanile
The fundraising team — who have a goal of raising a little more than $10,000 — will be accepting donations through Nov. 15