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Young planet hunters receive Pegasi b fellowships
Two incoming fellows and one departing Ph.D. will explore the diversity of exoplanets discovered since 1995
For Black History Month, podcast series highlights Berkeley’s women leaders
February is Black History Month. Each week, we are going to talk to a different African American woman leader on campus about what it took to get to where she is today. On Monday, we’ll hear from Clothilde Hewlett, the executive director of the California Alumni Association
Campanile peregrine falcons coupling up again, with a new nest box
The pair first made Berkeley's bell tower home last year and hatched two babies
Super-resolution microscopy reveals fine detail of cellular mesh
Clear picture of geodesic scaffold underlying membrane of red blood cell sheds light on cellular cytoskeleton and the parasites that hijack it
Why traffic apps make congestion worse
Transportation expert Alex Bayen discusses the problems caused by traffic apps, and how UC Berkeley researchers hopes to solve the problem to help commuters and cities alike
Do Nazis have free speech rights? Campus panel digs in
What are the limits of free speech? Should Nazis in Illinois be able to demonstrate in a town filled with Holocaust survivors? Should alt-right speakers be allowed to intimidate and harass undocumented or transgender students
Getting to campus just got quicker, safer and more sustainable
New dedicated bike lanes, new bus loading zones, a new sidewalk and other features aim to improve safety and access on Hearst Avenue and Bancroft Way
Campus budget leader: “We have to stabilize”
UC Berkeley’s chief financial officer, Rosemarie Rae, laid out her vision for the campus’s budget and took questions from a standing-room-only audience of faculty, students and staff during a Friday forum. Rae, who has served
At Davos, psychologist explains machismo that gave rise to #MeToo
Expert on gender power dynamics provides male perspective at World Economic Forum
Transfer students get boost from new campus programs
New housing, internship opportunities, summer orientation just for transfers
Artificial leaves to produce fuel on Earth and, one day, Mars
Chemist Peidong Yang is developing ways to convert sunlight, water and carbon directly into fuel, just as a leaf converts sunlight into food
Chancellor: ‘Tuition increases … a last but necessary resort’
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ sent the following message to the students, faculty and staff at UC Berkeley, as the UC Board of Regents considered a $342 annual tuition hike at their meeting in San
Coming Attractions: Berkeley events light up spring
This semester, the campus offers a jampacked list of ways to light up the new year with art, dance and music and to enlighten the mind with lectures and readings
Got a question about Berkeley’s budget? Now’s your chance to ask
Have you ever wondered if Rosemarie Rae, UC Berkeley’s vice chancellor and chief financial officer, has nightmares about the campus budget? Or what she includes on her pump-up playlist during long sessions of number crunching?
Hands On shot at rare artists’ books
Environmental Design Library opens up selected works from its collection for the public to view and hold
Chemists create tinted windows that also generate electricity
By tweaking a material called perovskite, researchers are able to use heat and moisture to convert the transparent material to an opaque thin film that produces electricity from sunlight
2018 Ed Roberts Award for accessible design leader Raymond Lifchez
UC Berkeley architecture and city planning professor Raymond Lifchez will be honored on Jan. 23 for his contributions to the success of Berkeley's Center for Independent Living and the independent living/disability rights movement
Christ, Dubón issue statement on potential Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids
"We will always stand in unwavering support of all of our students and colleagues, regardless of immigration status," Christ and Dubón wrote.
Amid flu epidemic, more bad news about its spread
Just talking or breathing can transmit the virus, new study shows
New campus event policy simplified after student, community feedback
Student groups and event organizers at UC Berkeley will face fewer bureaucratic hurdles under a new set of rules governing major gatherings on campus. The rules were made public by administrators on Wednesday. The new