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The Visible Invisible: Q&A with Stephanie Syjuco
Artist and professor's painstakingly produced work is headed to the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Preeminent toxicologist and pesticide expert John Casida dies at 88
Casida focused on how insects and other animals metabolized pesticides and designed versions that were more targeted and shorter-lasting
Podcast: A biology prof on growing up gay in rural Minnesota
Noah Whiteman spent his teenage years exploring the bog of Sax-Zim, learning to fish and hunt with his naturalist dad and hiding that he was gay
Odds of living to 110-plus level out — once you hit 105
Death rates slow after 105, according to a study of nearly 4,000 extremely old Italians.
Cal running back offers free football tickets to young readers
Patrick Laird is promoting children's literacy by launching a summer reading challenge for students in grades 1-6
For students experiencing housing instability, Safe Time opens doors
A free service started by a Berkeley alum offers short-term housing to students with limited options available
How a tender message helped win the fight for same-sex marriage
Martin Meeker, the director of the Oral History Center at UC Berkeley, interviewed message guru Thalia Zepatos and nearly two dozen others about the Freedom to Marry campaign
For new Cal Band director, ‘everything begins and ends with the music’
Matthew Sadowski will make his Berkeley debut at Memorial Stadium Sept. 1
CRISPR reduces autism symptoms in mice
Gold nanoparticles carried the CRISPR-Cas9 complex into the brain, editing a receptor and lessening the exaggerated repetitive behavior characteristic of autism spectrum disorder.
Tiny fossils give clues to origins of human social structure
Did our ancestors lose grooming claws because we had each other to remove parasites?
Berkeley, for the first time, to host AIS conference
More than 300 Israel scholars from around the world are expected to attend
This fall, you can take a UC Berkeley English class on Frank Ocean
The student-led course promises to use the popular artist's lyrics to help develop critical analysis skills
New website amplifies refugee voices amid immigration crackdowns
Researchers from UC Berkeley and UC Davis map the perilous ordeals of thousands of displaced people through personal stories and social media posts.
Tsu-Jae King Liu named new College of Engineering dean
Microelectronics expert is the 13th dean of engineering and the first woman to hold that position at UC Berkeley
Doudna-Charpentier team awarded U.S. patent for CRISPR-Cas9
Invention will accelerate development of human therapeutics and improvements in food security
A new vice provost for academic planning
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen will be UC Berkeley’s next vice provost for academic planning, effective July 1, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos announced Monday
Everything big data claims to know about you could be wrong
To understand human health and behavior, researchers would do better to study individuals, not groups.
New DNA synthesis technique promises rapid, high-fidelity DNA printing
Using a natural human enzyme that works in water, process uses no toxic chemicals