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Kerner@50 in your words: What happens now?
We ask attendees: What do you hope we're talking about in 50 years?
Marching to its own beat, Cal Band eyes next chapter
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
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
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
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
Experts set out to understand how to dismantle structural racism in Trump's America
Campus, federal officials reach agreement closing sexual misconduct investigation
'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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
In 2018, there are 41 alumni serving across the world