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California Alliance improving pipeline to the professoriate
A conference at Berkeley this week will showcase the promising results of efforts funded by the National Science Foundation
Saba Mahmood, scholar of modern Egypt, loses battle with cancer
Saba Mahmood made pathbreaking contributions to contemporary debates on secularism, stimulating new ways of understanding religion in public life and contesting received assumptions about both religion and the secular
Kamala Harris to give UC Berkeley’s 2018 commencement address
The daughter of two UC Berkeley alumni "embodies a lot of the ideals" of the campus
Harvard art historian to speak on art in a time of crisis
Townsend Center for the Humanities brings Joseph Koerner to Berkeley for a lecture and symposium on art's reaction to a state of siege
‘We’re Here, We’re Queer, We’re in the Public Record!’
A new exhibit in Doe Library’s Brown Gallery, starting Thursday, brings to life stories from the LGBTQ movement through government documents, art, posters and other materials from the UC Berkeley Library’s collections
Podcast: Creating the world you want, by seeing a world that’s possible
Derrika Hunt, a Ph.D. student in education, takes girls of color on trips to new countries to empower them to change their own lives and communities
How to make space molecules
Berkeley researchers demonstrate how complex hydrocarbons like pyrene can form around hot giant stars
‘Face to Face’ opens at the Hearst
Fourteen undergraduates co-curated a new exhibition at the Hearst Museum, exploring faces through time and different cultures.
Economist DeLong rips Trump tariff plan
In a column for Project Syndicate, economist Brad DeLong equates Trump's tariff ideas with a new tax on U.S. consumers and export industries
How brightly colored spiders evolved on Hawaii again and again … and again
Stick spiders with similar traits live on different Hawaiian islands but aren't each other's closest relatives; they are a rare instance where a physical form has evolved separately on each island, according to a new study
Big Give today: Make Berkeley moments possible
The campus's annual online fundraising drive lasts until 9 p.m. PST Thursday, March 8
Sinking land will exacerbate flooding from sea level rise in Bay Area
New satellite measurements show that areas around the Bay at risk of inundation could be twice earlier estimates
Berkeley Haas ranks No. 2 in U.S. for women MBAs, and No. 3 in the world
Gender pay gap closed; alumnae earn 3 percent more than alumni three years after graduating
A way to grow plants with less water
Researchers at UC Berkeley have discovered a key protein that improves the efficiency of photosynthesis, reducing water use by 25 percent
Brown fat flexes its muscle to burn energy — and calories
Its cells stiffen like a muscle when activated, and now UC Berkeley scientists have discovered why — and say it could be a target for weight-loss drugs
Ottoman Empire expert wins residential fellowship
As one of the 2018 Burkhardt Fellows, the history department's Christine Philliou will pursue additional research on the Ottoman Empire.
How to improve health care affordability in California
California can do an even better job in terms of making health care affordable and accessible, a new report says.
Students take their case for more funding to Sacramento
Hoping to inspire — or at least push — state legislators to reinvest in higher education, students from UC Berkeley and other California campuses spoke before the Assembly Budget Committee
Berkeley alum uncovers mystery of John Muir’s Sierra Nevada hut
From the Bancroft Library to the high passes of the Sierra, a search for the story