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Enlarged spleen key to diving endurance of ‘sea nomads’

Thu., 2018-04-19 09:00am
The Indonesian Bajau people spend much of their day underwater, and have adapted to long periods without air by developing spleens half again as large as those of non-diving groups

Campanile peregrine falcon chicks could hatch on Cal Day

Wed., 2018-04-18 05:00pm
The Campanile’s resident peregrine falcon couple could become the lucky parents of new chicks on the biggest day of the year at UC Berkeley

Nine faculty elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Wed., 2018-04-18 10:00am
Scientists, scholars join more than 4,000 academy members to help solve global challenges.

Imported bullfrogs likely kicked off state epidemic of frog-killing fungus

Wed., 2018-04-18 08:45am
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology helps track down culprit behind fungus that has devastated frog populations throughout California

Dreamer and more: Cal Performances shows off its new season

Tue., 2018-04-17 03:13pm
Themes of citizenship and women are front and center in what Matias Tarnopolsky calls 'the best season we've done.'

Calaveras Dam fossil trove gives researchers greatest local find in decades

Tue., 2018-04-17 10:14am
The quality and size of discovery paints a detailed picture of the Bay Area 20 million years ago

In ‘Gone City,’ geographer questions Silicon Valley’s boom times

Mon., 2018-04-16 05:00pm
Geographer's new book deconstructs the Bay Area's remarkable journey from the Gold Rush to its dominance at the top of the tech world

Explore your future at Cal Day 2018

Mon., 2018-04-16 05:00pm
With more than 430 events, UC Berkeley shows off all the things that make it Berkeley on Saturday, April 21

UC Berkeley’s massive egg collection helps project up for possible Webby

Mon., 2018-04-16 04:14pm
Voting is open until Thursday for a best-of-the-Internet Webby award

Drought alters microbiome of plants’ roots

Mon., 2018-04-16 04:00pm
Sorghum study shows drought shifts balance of root microbiome, a finding that could help scientists manipulate crops to withstand climate change

Spring update on the campus budget

Mon., 2018-04-16 02:09pm
Update on the budget from UC Berkeley's top administrators details latest plans to close budget gap

Media advisory: Experts look at Bay Area youth, family homelessness

Mon., 2018-04-16 02:06pm
ATTENTION: Reporters covering housing, city planning social issues, youth and families WHAT: “Confronting Youth and Family Homelessness” is the subject of the Davis Lecture sponsored by the department of city and regional planning at the

Thin film converts heat from electronics into energy

Mon., 2018-04-16 08:00am
Technology could capture heat from computers, cars and turn it into energy.

Photographer reveals complexities of Native American history, contemporary lives

Thu., 2018-04-12 05:00pm
Native documentarian's photos will be on display Tuesday, April 17, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the in the Multicultural Community Center

Children’s author, alumna Beverly Cleary celebrates 102 years

Thu., 2018-04-12 02:59pm
Residential hall on campus is named for her

Berkeley ecologist selected as a lead author for IPCC report

Thu., 2018-04-12 10:00am
Patrick Gonzales will lead a chapter in the report.

Environmental Design Archives curator Waverly Lowell to retire in June

Thu., 2018-04-12 09:36am
Waverly Lowell looks back at two decades at the Environmental Design Archives.

Three UC Berkeley faculty win Guggenheim fellowships

Wed., 2018-04-11 11:53am
This year's recipients are experts in Native American studies, Chinese history, and child development psychology

Gotanda’s ‘Dream of Kitamura’ redux

Wed., 2018-04-11 10:31am
In its final performances of the season, Theater, Dance and Performance Studies offers up a remake of playwright Philip Kan Gotanda's surreal and haunting the Dream of Kitamura.

Berkeley a ‘best value’ university in new Forbes rankings

Wed., 2018-04-11 10:31am
Four UC campuses make the top 10 in annual list of colleges where student get their money's worth

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