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Student musicians learn from top conductor in master class
UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra members Kyle Ko and Hallie Jo Gist reflect on master class with Riccardo Muti: 'You could see everyone’s intense focus; you could feel it on the stage'
A mosquito’s secret weapon: a light touch and strong wings
Slow-motion video shows stealthy aerodynamic maneuvers of blood-laden mosquitoes
Biostatistics professor elected to National Academy of Medicine
Biostatistics professor Nicholas Jewell awarded one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine
Everything you need to know about sleep, but are too tired to ask
New book builds case that 'silent sleep loss epidemic' is one of the 21st century's greatest public health challenges.
Berkeley experts on how to build more secure, faster AI systems
Computer scientists warn of new kinds of attacks, limits to data analysis and other AI systems challenges, but propose new research directions to realize AI's potential.
Neuroscience professor awarded prestigious Packard fellowship
Michael Yartsev will study bats to investigate how human brains developed language.
Astronomers strike cosmic gold
Gravitational wave detection and observation of its optical counterpart affirms theoretical prediction that heavy elements like gold and platinum are forged in neutron star collisions
Berkeley students, alums take on ‘back-breaking’ work at wildfire evacuation center
In 12-hour shifts, student veterans and public health graduate students have taken up the grimy, essential tasks
Professor looks at Oakland: hip and at high risk for another big blaze
The odds are high that Oakland could experience yet another devastating wildfire, warns a professor in the College of Environmental Design.
Campus offers advice on air quality and health
Because of poor air quality caused by smoke from the still-burning North Bay fires, campus authorities advised that windows be kept closed and exposure limited
Sastry stepping down as engineering dean
After completing this academic year, Sastry will return to his fulltime faculty position after serving nearly 10 years as dean
Students’ journey from incarceration to classrooms featured in premiered film
A crowd turned out for the premiere of a film profiling formerly incarcerated students at Berkeley.
A reporter reflects: ‘We are living in the eternal Now’
Glen Martin, a frequent contributor to California magazine, was evacuated with his family last week from his Santa Rosa suburb as flames encroached on his home
Sailing an ocean of challenges to stage Metamorphoses
The latest show by UC Berkeley’s Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies, the play presented a slew of challenges, from how to create a heated, airtight pool to mimicking torrential rain
Media advisory: IGS hosts talks on contemporary political issues
A series of talks hosted by Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies on gerrymandering and social science, Donald Trump and the future of American power, identity politics and liberalism.
Sociologist Neil Smelser, campus leader and Free Speech Movement diplomat, dies at 87
Harvard-educated Rhodes Scholar was a prolific scholar, educator and administrator.
Physics postdoc and mentor awarded prestigious L’Oréal fellowship
Sydney Schreppler is working on exotic ways of communicating with quantum bits, or qubits
‘It is part of what I do:’ UC police support wildfire victims
Nine campus police officers have headed north to help.
Report outlines cybersecurity threats for Olympics, other sporting events
The digital technologies that enhance sporting events also carry risks, the study warns