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First-ever UC Berkeley program trains, certifies psychedelic guides
24 advanced professionals — including doctors, nurses, social workers, psychologists and chaplains — learn to be skilled psychedelic facilitators in research and therapeutic settings
An update on UC Berkeley’s preparations for possible Monday strike
Campus leaders have been providing guidance to deans, chairs, instructors and researchers
Students benefit from education that centers community, diversity
Berkeley vice provosts discuss how challenges students overcame during the pandemic can help strengthen the campus moving forward.
Earth-sun distance dramatically alters seasons in equatorial Pacific in a 22,000-year cycle
An unrecognized contribution to wind and ocean conditions in the eastern Pacific likely impacts our weather in California
Exploring the sound, music of the 1969 American Indian occupation of Alcatraz
Ethnomusicology Ph.D. student Everardo Reyes' research looks at how sound and music were used during the takeover to capture mass attention
Light the Way campaign reaches $6 billion with a gift that serves democracy
With a year remaining in the historic Light the Way campaign, an exciting new gift to support politics and public service has brought the total to $6 billion
Meet our new faculty: Sharon Jacobs, law
Sharon Jacobs is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty
Meet our new faculty: Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi, Environmental engineering
Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty
As election approaches, Berkeley students get out the vote
Rep. Barbara Lee was among those who rallied on campus on Friday
Berkeley scholars share federal grant to trace COVID’s impact on education
Researchers from UC Berkeley's School of Education, UC San Diego and the state Department of Education launch a three-year study of 1,000 California school districts.
Lee W. Riley, leader in decolonizing global health, dies at 73
Riley was a professor of epidemiology and infectious diseases and chair of the Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology Division at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Berkeley Talks: Judith Heumann on the long fight for inclusion
Leading disability rights activist and UC Berkeley alumna Judith Heumann discusses her lifelong fight for inclusion and equality
Widespread forest loss holds grave consequences for wildlife
Between 2011 and 2020, the southern Sierra Nevada lost 30% of its conifer forests to wildfire, drought or other forest disturbances, threatening species like the California spotted owl and the Pacific fisher
Endangered Devils Hole pupfish is one of the most inbred animals known
UC Berkeley scientists sequenced and analyzed the genome of this iconic fish, which is found in a lone thermal pool in Nevada
UC Berkeley remains the No. 1 public university in the world
On a scale of zero to 100, Berkeley’s global score this year is 88.7
UC Berkeley takes top spot in new sustainability rankings
Rankings examined three categories: sustainable institutions, sustainable education and sustainable research
Berkeley students scream together for art project ‘OUTCRY’
The photos series, created by artist Whitney Bradshaw for women to practice using their voices to "speak up and out," is on BAMPFA's outdoor screen through Nov. 8
Carol Zabin, climate policy innovator, honored by California Energy Commission
The founder of UC Berkeley's Green Economy Program has advanced the idea that workers, unions are crucial for a low-carbon future.
UC Berkeley is No. 1 public school for startup founders in 2022 Pitchbook rankings
Berkeley’s undergraduate and graduate programs received top spots on the list