A boom in lightly regulated nonbank mortgage companies since the last crash makes the market more vulnerable

Competition helps students hone their skill at presenting their work to the world — and to people who might support it

Gravitational lensing by sun-like star in massive cluster reveals blue supergiant from 9 billion light years away

Dilma Rousseff, an economist and former president of Brazil, will be a guest of the Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley

There are more than 5 million species of fungi, and each one likes a particular food — some like sawdust; others like plastic; some can even digest heavy metals

Data science is increasingly popular at Berkeley because the world is increasingly data-driven

People who ate fast food in the previous 24 hours had phthalate levels nearly 40 percent higher than people who ate home-cooked meals

In response to a new report on Cal Athletics’ finances, and a set of recommendations, the chancellor sent a message to the campus community

Schedules of night owls, morning larks and daytime finches may predict their educational outcomes

A landmark new report shows the threats and costs from human misuse of lands

Students learned skills for communicating with policymakers to help secure research funding

Bells across the nation will ring 39 times on the 50th anniversary of MLK's assassination.

Peer-to-peer car sharing services are making a small dent in car ownership, a new survey from UC Berkeley shows

After nine seasons at Berkeley, he is taking over as president and CEO of the Philadelphia Orchestra

Designed for non-proliferation monitoring, the Watchman project will test new technologies for next-generation neutrino detectors

New observations confirm UC Berkeley model of unusual supernova created when stellar material collides with shell sloughed off earlier

Canine Officer Obi, a 14-month-old Springer Spaniel, started work last month as UC Berkeley's new bomb-detecting dog

Tiny device makes possible light displays that are completely transparent when turned off.

Campus leaders, faculty, staff, students and alums celebrate the University of California's 150th birthday

UC Berkeley student Esmeralda Cortez Morales is on her way to Washington, D.C., to take part in a mass march for gun control laws, sparked by the recent massacre at a Florida high school.