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Kerner@50 in your words: What happens now?

Thu., 2018-03-01 02:10pm
We ask attendees: What do you hope we're talking about in 50 years?

Marching to its own beat, Cal Band eyes next chapter

Thu., 2018-03-01 10:00am
Cal Band, looking for a new director, is proud to be student-run for 127 years

Retraining the brain’s vision center to take action

Thu., 2018-03-01 09:00am
In a demonstration of the amazing flexibility of the brain, neuroscientists have taught visual neurons to control a computer

Taming tech: Kara Swisher tells J-School students how to report on Silicon Valley

Wed., 2018-02-28 02:43pm
Pioneer tech reporter leads classes and gives a public speech as the inaugural Esther Wojcicki lecturer

Podcast: For Ula Taylor, it’s all about harnessing the leader within

Wed., 2018-02-28 02:00pm
The chair of the Department of African American Studies encourages her students to step up and create the world they want to live in

Kerner@50 speakers find progress scant – and the fight against racism in peril

Wed., 2018-02-28 11:04am
Experts set out to understand how to dismantle structural racism in Trump's America

Campus, federal officials reach agreement closing sexual misconduct investigation

Wed., 2018-02-28 10:00am
'We remain committed to doing more to improve our processes and  ensure a safe and supportive environment for our campus community,' says Chancellor Carol Christ

Sam Castañeda: Making postdocs feel at home

Wed., 2018-02-28 08:30am
Founder and director of the 25-year-old Visiting Scholar and Postdoc Affairs office, now a model for the UC system, was honored with a national award for his role

From al-Qaida to ISIS, Danner and Oates examine America’s ‘Forever War’

Tue., 2018-02-27 02:56pm
Berkeley professors discuss the impacts of the war on terror -- the longest armed conflict in U.S. history

Berkeley Law professor emeritus David Caron dies

Tue., 2018-02-27 01:09pm
Caron held many high-level roles in international law and taught at Berkeley Law for 26 years.

$10 million for Berkeley RISELab’s AI research

Tue., 2018-02-27 11:55am
The project will enable artificial intelligence systems to make decisions in areas of our everyday lives.

Scientists detect how words grow new meanings. Maybe computers will, too

Tue., 2018-02-27 10:15am
Discovery could teach digital helpers like Siri and Alexa to better understand the nuances of the English language

Hidden ‘rock moisture’ may be key to tree survival during drought

Tue., 2018-02-27 09:59am
Zone of weathered rock underlying the soil on hillsides holds reservoir of moisture critical for surviving water shortages

Conference to examine race in the U.S. 50 years after the Kerner Report

Fri., 2018-02-23 05:50pm
Scholars and experts from Berkeley and across the nation will spend three days discussing the commission’s legacy and envision what a contemporary Kerner Report might look like

Mechanical engineering to aid back surgery

Fri., 2018-02-23 02:38pm
With support from the Signatures Innovation Fellows program, mechanical engineering professor Grace O’Connell and graduate student Bo Yang are developing a model to help surgeons determine risks of surgery

Eight labs honored for their outstanding safety cultures

Fri., 2018-02-23 09:40am
Dr. Lane Martin, an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and his Prometheus Groupn were awarded the grand prize

Berkeley, Amah Mutsun tribe excavate ancient practices to save animals, plants, land

Thu., 2018-02-22 10:11am
Archaeologists and anthropologists are working with tribal stewards to help ensure the future of these lands, and the planet

Documentary, talk shine light on Native American activist’s ‘courageous battle’

Wed., 2018-02-21 03:59pm
President Barack Obama posthumously awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011.

Berkeley holds its title for sending the most alums into the Peace Corps

Wed., 2018-02-21 02:57pm
In 2018, there are 41 alumni serving across the world

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