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David Hodges, pioneer in integrated circuit design, dies at 85

Tue., 2022-11-29 02:21pm
He was a former dean of the College of Engineering

Berkeley leads a ‘new era of innovation’ in quantum science, technology research

Tue., 2022-11-29 11:52am
UC Berkeley professors highlight the research, education, and entrepreneurship currently being conducted that makes Berkeley a leader in quantum science and technology.

Scientists discover secret to waking up alert and refreshed

Tue., 2022-11-29 10:39am
Do you struggle with grogginess every morning, or fight to stay awake throughout the day? UC Berkeley sleep researchers offer tips to help you wake up more effectively.

For female astronomers, pandemic widened publishing’s gender gap

Mon., 2022-11-28 08:00am
The pandemic had differing effects on the productivity of male vs female astronomers. Both wrote more papers, but women less so, widening a long-standing gender gap in the rate of publication.

Artist Eniola Fakile asks: What if a hamburger had feelings?

Wed., 2022-11-23 11:23am
For the graduate student in art practice, her creations begin with questions, which lead to more questions, which take on lives of their own in a whole new universe of meaning

Meet our new faculty: Tanya Paul, accounting

Tue., 2022-11-22 03:11pm
Tanya Paul is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty

Meet our new facutly: Ajay Pillarisetti, environmental health

Tue., 2022-11-22 03:09pm
Ajay Pillarisetti is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty

Massive traffic experiment pits machine learning against ‘phantom’ jams

Tue., 2022-11-22 03:00pm
Researchers deployed a fleet of 100 semi-autonomous vehicles to test whether a new AI-powered cruise control system can help smooth the flow of traffic and improve fuel economy

Ph.D. student’s goal: Access to psychedelics for Indigenous peoples

Tue., 2022-11-22 09:58am
Psychedelic mushrooms changed Marlena Robbins' life

Hannah Weisman named new head of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life

Mon., 2022-11-21 03:12pm
Weisman most recently served as the Director of Education at the Boston Athenæum

Berkeley Law will not participate in the U.S. News rankings

Fri., 2022-11-18 01:40pm
"There are aspects of the US News rankings that are profoundly inconsistent with our values and public mission," law dean says

Cecilia Hyunjung Mo: The male backlash against democracy is no surprise

Fri., 2022-11-18 10:43am
As people of color, women and LGBTQIA+ people gain power, an organized corps of men are feeling left behind — and angry, says the Berkeley political scientist.

Berkeley Talks: Poet Alex Dimitrov reads from ‘Love and Other Poems’

Fri., 2022-11-18 10:08am
The reading was part of the UC Berkeley Library’s monthly event, Lunch Poems

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month, every month

Thu., 2022-11-17 02:30pm
Please join us in celebrating the contributions, traditions, foods, languages and futures of people across campus who identify as Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, First Nation, or who otherwise identify as Indigenous

Campus celebrates 125th Big Game week

Wed., 2022-11-16 12:02pm

Celebrating Transgender and Nonbinary Empowerment Month

Tue., 2022-11-15 10:00pm
This month asks us to do what we can to amplify commitments that support, activate, celebrate, and uplift Trans and Nonbinary liberation

Building an extraterrestrial ‘starter kit’ for a future on Mars

Tue., 2022-11-15 09:53am
At Berkeley’s Center for the Utilization of Biological Engineering in Space (CUBES), scientists are creating plants and microbes that could one day provide sustenance to humans exploring the final frontier

Loss, fear and rage: Are white men rebelling against democracy?

Mon., 2022-11-14 04:05pm
After decades of economic, political and cultural change, many white men feel left-behind, Berkeley scholars say. Some of these men are taking justice into their own hands.

An update on Monday’s strike at UC Berkeley

Mon., 2022-11-14 07:26am
What's happening? How did we get here? What can members of the campus community expect?

Will MAGA turmoil get worse in the next two years? Probably, scholars say

Thu., 2022-11-10 04:54pm
As Trump, DeSantis and perhaps others compete for support from the GOP’s radicalized base, political turbulence is likely to roil America’s entire political culture.

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