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VC Fisher: Better policing, sustainability, shared services

Fri., 2018-03-23 12:30pm
Noon audience engages in Q & A with vice chancellor for administration

Students to build partnerships on ‘alternative break’ in Puerto Rico

Thu., 2018-03-22 05:00pm
Undergraduates Pablo Paredes and Camila Ruiz are spending their spring break building connections with community members and the University of Puerto Rico as part of Alternative Breaks, a program in UC Berkeley's Public Service Center

Want to clean up the environment? Make credit easier to get

Thu., 2018-03-22 03:33pm
Research by Berkeley Haas professor Ross Levine also finds that companies go green not only for the sake of the environment, but because it offers benefits to the businesses themselves

Margaret Cho and fellow comics on #MeToo, race and Hollywood

Wed., 2018-03-21 05:00pm
At this year's, Front Row, a program curated by Berkeley students for students, comics Aparna Nancherla, Hari Kondabolu and Ali Wong join longtime comic Margaret Cho on stage at the sold-out event

New app connects Berkeley students with tumultuous history of Telegraph Avenue

Wed., 2018-03-21 02:44pm
App collects 11 oral histories of the iconic avenue

Bancroft highlights new photo collection of SF’s Fillmore, civil rights history

Wed., 2018-03-21 02:01pm
The Bancroft Library has announced acquisition of a new collection of David Johnson photos of San Francisco's Fillmore District and the civil rights era.

A friendly chat between rivals: Robert Reich and Stephen Moore on Trump, taxes, tariffs

Wed., 2018-03-21 01:52pm
Two leading economists engage with divergent points of view during a free speech event on campus

David Patterson, pioneer of modern computer architecture, receives Turing Award

Wed., 2018-03-21 06:00am
Top honor in computer science to Patterson and John Hennessey for pioneering work in computer architecture now part of most computer chips

A Campus Conversation with Marc Fisher

Tue., 2018-03-20 02:38pm
For the third Campus Conversation, Marc Fisher, vice chancellor for administration, will discuss efforts underway to improve campus operations so that Berkeley can meet its budget goals

Brewing hoppy beer without the hops

Tue., 2018-03-20 09:00am
Hoppy beer is all the rage among craft brewers and beer lovers, and now UC Berkeley biologists have come up with a way to create these unique flavors and aromas without using hops. UC Berkeley

Mars’ oceans formed early, possibly aided by massive volcanic eruptions

Mon., 2018-03-19 09:00am
Oceans formed before and evolved along with Tharsis volcano, shaping climate history of Mars

150 years of Cal student fashion reflect attitudes, defy labels

Mon., 2018-03-19 08:30am
Since UC Berkeley's 1868 founding, students have tended to favor comfort and creativity over designer labels and Ivy League uniforms.

Four inspiring faculty honored as Distinguished Teachers

Fri., 2018-03-16 11:50am
John DeNero, Mary Kelsey, Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton and Panos Patatoukas are the 2018 recipients of UC Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award

Campus mourns Olly Wilson, musician, composer and teacher

Thu., 2018-03-15 05:00pm
Olly Wilson, an esteemed UC Berkeley music professor, composer and brilliant musical talent, has passed away.

Campus issues update on efforts to expand housing

Thu., 2018-03-15 04:29pm
The co-chairs of the Housing Master Plan Advisory Group issued an update on work responding to the shortage of housing for UC Berkeley students

Student-directed comedies explore how language limits us, and also builds bridges

Thu., 2018-03-15 03:15pm
All in the Timing, presented by the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, is made up of four one-act comedies directed, designed and performed by students

Students put on a show: Margaret Cho and friends at Zellerbach

Thu., 2018-03-15 01:56pm
Front Row, a student-driven program within Cal Performances, brings the outspoken comedian and friends to campus for a special one-night show

Researchers create a protein ‘mat’ that can soak up pollution

Thu., 2018-03-15 11:00am
The mats could one day be used in war zones to decontaminate chemical weapons.

Seventeen minutes of silence on Sproul for Parkland shooting victims

Wed., 2018-03-14 01:39pm
As thousands of high school and middle school students marched out of their classrooms in a national protest against gun violence on Wednesday, some 150 UC Berkeley staff and students gathered for 17 minutes of

Dance and art, meet business: You’re more alike than you think

Wed., 2018-03-14 12:00pm
Collaborative Innovation, a Big Ideas course, teaches students techniques for group creativity and team-based design

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