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Sniffing out stem cell fates in the nose
Berkeley neuroscientists use new experimental tools and clever statistical analysis to track stem cells as they mature into sensory neurons in the nose
Student mom Natalie Ruiz achieves her Berkeley dream, and shines
Transfer student's long trek to graduation included two majors, a baby, pancreatic surgery, award-winning work and finding a career path.
Faculty member elected to National Academy of Sciences
Mary Firestone, professor of soil microbiology, joins the most prestigious scientific society in the U.S.
Waves of lava seen in Io’s largest volcanic crater
Detailed infrared image of lava lake shows massive overturn of surface during three months' time
First year of grade school sharpens kids’ attention skills
Early schoolgoers more focused than their preschool peers
For Levi Bridges, life on a farm led to Russia, Mexico — and journalism
Graduating J-School student, sometime traveling carnival worker drawn to those 'in a state of transit'
Berkeley photographers share space with Dorothea Lange at Oakland Museum
A new exhibit centers on the work of the great photographer of the Great Depression, adding in recent images that plumb her themes of labor, inequality, poverty and the human spirit.
For Sayah Bogor, an arduous road from refugee to health researcher
Saturday, when she walks across the stage to receive her master's degree in public health, this native of war-devastated Somalia will be taking a joyous leap into the future after a long and difficult journey
Study refutes findings behind challenge to Sierra Nevada forest restoration
The new research supports evidence that forests across the mountain range arer naturally much less dense than what's seen today
Getting to know the 2017 University Medal runners up
Candidates must have overcome significant challenges, made a difference in the lives of others and carry a GPA of 3.96 or higher
Top graduating senior in ‘crazy race to the finish line’
Grant Schroeder, an integrative biology major and extreme athlete, is winner of the 2017 University Medal.
A joyful ceremony for winners of Chancellor’s Public Service awards
When she graduates in 10 days, Ursula Kajani is headed to Rwanda to work with a maternal and child health program through the Peace Corps. As the new Mather Good Citizen Award winner at UC
Cal mourns passing of T. Gary Rogers, a legend in rowing
Champion rower as an undergraduate, he became a business leader and staunch suppporter of rowing at Berkeley
Campus finalizes policy on sexual harassment, violence reviews
A new Peer Review Committee will consult on discipline for faculty found responsible for violating the UC Policy on Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment.
Pac-Man-like CRISPR enzymes have potential for disease diagnostics
Researchers find 10 new kinds of Cas13a enzyme which, when activated, indiscriminately chew up all RNA, like in the old Pac-Man arcade game
Seven Cal teams — a record — win recognition for academic accomplishment
A record seven UC Berkeley intercollegiate athletic programs have earned Public Recognition Awards from the NCAA for their exceptional results in the classroom
Pioneering radio astronomer Harold Weaver dies at age 99
Weaver founded UC Berkeley's Radio Astronomy Laboratory and discovered the first interstellar maser
UC Berkeley to open first university center for Silk Road study in North America
It's first institutionalized center in the U.S. dedicated to the study of the historical trading networks serially known as the Silk Road, thanks to a $5 million gift by two branches of the Tang family — Oscar Tang and his wife, Dr. Agnes Hsu-Tang, who are based in New York City, and Bay Area Berkeley alumni Nadine Tang and Leslie Tang Schilling, with their brother Martin Tang in Hong Kong
Berkeley sends more grads to Silicon Valley careers than any other college
More UC Berkeley graduates are hired into the tech industry in Silicon Valley than alumni from any other American university, beating out the Ivy League and Bay Area rival Stanford.
Three faculty named to the American Philosophical Society
The three are Claude Fischer, David Hollinger and John Clarke.