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Podcast: Staff director sees great strength in diversity

Wed., 2018-02-21 02:15pm
Sidalia Reel, the director of Staff Diversity Initiatives in the Office of Equity and Inclusion, works to help Berkeley's more than 9,000 staff feel like a valued part of campus

Better planetary management though data science

Wed., 2018-02-21 01:32pm
Sol Hsiang discusses how data, analysis and computing can show us our future in a warming world, and lead us to take action to lessen the impact

Amateur astronomer captures rare first light from massive exploding star

Wed., 2018-02-21 10:00am
It's the first observation of optical light from the shock breakout in a supernova explosion

Some black holes erase your past

Tue., 2018-02-20 08:30am
Physicists argue that the world is deterministic, that your past and present uniquely determine your future, but this may not be true inside some types of black holes

Awesome: Cal Overwatch team two-time champions

Sat., 2018-02-17 09:30pm
Esports Bears win second consecutive national championship

Cockroach-inspired robot is no crash-test dummy

Fri., 2018-02-16 11:56am
DASH robot mimics cockroach's ability to use the energy of its crash to propel itself up and over obstacles

In the wake of #MeToo, student dancers explore power, horror of womanhood

Fri., 2018-02-16 10:30am
In her new piece, “Bone Worrier,” for the Berkeley Dance Project 2018, choreographer Katie Faulkner attempts to capture this anxiety in a dreamlike performance by an all-female cast of seven dancers

Security for data analytics – gaining a grip on the two-edged sword

Fri., 2018-02-16 10:22am
EECS researchers Dawn Song and Noah Johnson are using Uber data to developa new approach to balancing privacy and data analysis

Alum helps bring clean water to Kenya town

Thu., 2018-02-15 04:49pm
Ashley Miller — an alumna of the Blum Center for Developing Economies at UC Berkeley — has spent the last five years working to design solutions that will increase access to water

Town halls offer a chance to hear about — and weigh in on — the future of Berkeley

Thu., 2018-02-15 04:13pm
Members of the strategic planning process's four work groups discussed their charges, outlined their progress and took feedback from the campus this week at two town halls

Student forestry club gets hands-on to remake famous Tightwad Hill

Thu., 2018-02-15 12:35pm
“To actually be outside and get your hands in the dirt, that’s fundamental,” faculty advisor says.

CRISPR scissors, Cas12a, enables cutting-edge diagnostics

Thu., 2018-02-15 11:00am
New DETECTR system analyzes cells, blood, saliva, urine and stool to detect genetic mutations, cancer and antibiotic resistance and diagnose bacterial and viral infections

Six young faculty members named Sloan Research Fellows

Thu., 2018-02-15 08:15am
Six assistant professors from the fields of computer science, economics, neuroscience and physics have been named 2018 Sloan Research Fellows, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced today. The six are among 126 researchers from across

Arizona-bound Cal Overwatch team to defend championship title

Wed., 2018-02-14 11:54am
Champion video gamers shoot for second consecutive national win

Sunday (Feb. 18) memorial service for prize-winning biologist Ian Gibbons

Wed., 2018-02-14 10:30am
Pioneer in studying the motor proteins - so-called molecular machines - that make cells move

Questions to make you fall in love, again

Tue., 2018-02-13 04:54pm
Podcast shows that intimate conversations rekindle romance in longtime couples

Earthquake expert Stephen Mahin passes away at 71

Tue., 2018-02-13 04:33pm
Professor Emeritus Stephen Mahin was pioneering researcher in the seismic safety of large structures.

For comics fan staffer, Black Panther was ‘life changing’

Tue., 2018-02-13 04:00pm
'To see a character like Black Panther, who looked like me,' says Alfred Day, 'who was the king of his whole country and in charge of any room he walked into — that's an incredibly powerful idea'

Cheap, efficient cookstoves are small-tech solution with big payoff

Tue., 2018-02-13 08:30am
Ashok Gadgil redesigned a simple technology, the wood cookstove, to help women in refugee camps in Darfur, Sudan

Provost Alivisatos: In times of turmoil, how can we keep campus great?

Mon., 2018-02-12 04:06pm
“The financial challenges of today and our vision for where we want to be are very much connected,” top admin says.

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