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Sniffing out danger at UC Berkeley

Mon., 2017-10-30 05:00pm
Nine-year-old Molly has worked as a bomb-detecting dog for UC Berkeley's police department for seven years

World science journalists explore Berkeley’s best

Mon., 2017-10-30 12:00pm
Conference offers easy, intimate access to top professors, labs

The making of the Hale Zukas story

Mon., 2017-10-30 10:55am
Disability rights pioneer is the subject of a short documentary, made by a graduate student, that won a Student Academy Award

At Resistance School, students bring the best of Berkeley online

Fri., 2017-10-27 03:00pm
The idea of a Resistance School is to train progressive organizers and activists.

UC President Napolitano announces new free speech center

Thu., 2017-10-26 02:19pm
UC will establish the National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement in Washington, D.C.

It’s on: open enrollment

Thu., 2017-10-26 01:42pm

NSF awards support Berkeley data science institute, national workshops

Thu., 2017-10-26 01:07pm
National funding recognizes Berkeley's leadership in data science education

‘Gym socks and rotten steak:’ Corpse flower blooms at UC garden

Thu., 2017-10-26 11:07am
After blossoming last night, Maladora will bloom through most of today but the eau d’ ‘dora will be mostly gone by Friday.

Former Hearst Museum Director Mari Lyn Salvador passes away

Wed., 2017-10-25 05:00pm
Mari Lyn Salvador, former Hearst Museum director, passes away after a distinguished career in anthropology.

The alt-right, Antifa and ‘Trumpism’

Tue., 2017-10-24 05:00pm
Director of federal relations Gina Daly sits down with Larry Rosenthal, the chair of the Center for Right-Wing Studies, to talk about the rise of Trumpism, what it needs to stay strong and what it will take to win the next presidential election

UC Berkeley rated world’s top public and fourth-best overall by U.S. News

Tue., 2017-10-24 03:54pm
Campus retains its high standing in U.S. News & World Report’s global rankings.

Climate video series: How will coastal cities adapt to sea level rise?

Tue., 2017-10-24 12:58pm
One of a series of TED-like videos about the impacts of climate change and UC Berkeley's role in addressing them

UC Berkeley taps former National Park Service director to lead new parks institute

Tue., 2017-10-24 06:00am
Jonathan Jarvis, former director of the National Park Service, will lead the new Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity

Saguaro and other towering cacti have a scrambled history

Mon., 2017-10-23 02:25pm
Long lives of columnar cacti muddle scientists' efforts to understand the group's evolutionary history

Study: Gun deaths, injuries in California spike following Nevada gun shows

Mon., 2017-10-23 02:01pm
The results suggest that travel to less-restrictive states may threaten the effectiveness of firearm laws within California

Celebrating 50 years of public service at Berkeley

Mon., 2017-10-23 11:54am
'Cal is the epicenter of making change happen in this generation,' said Chancellor Carol Christ

$65.5 million from NIH to create brain atlas

Mon., 2017-10-23 09:15am
The University of California, Berkeley is partnering with the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle on a $65.5 million, five-year effort to count, catalog and connect the many different cell types in the mouse

Student-built solar home places third in national contest

Fri., 2017-10-20 04:31pm
Student group spent two years designing and building a functional code-compliant home

Are politicians smarter than CEOs?

Thu., 2017-10-19 11:47am
Swedish voters consistently elect officials who are, on average, significantly smarter and better leaders than the populations they represent, according to new research from Berkeley-Haas. 

Pete Bragg, materials science pioneer, dies at 98

Wed., 2017-10-18 05:00pm
Bragg, a leading expert in X-ray crystallography, was the first African American to chair the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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