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Justin Wilcox named Cal Bears head football coach

Tue., 2017-01-17 05:02pm
Wisconsin's defensive coordinator returns to Cal, where he spent three winning years as linebackers' coach

Public Speaking 101 (or how to survive giving a graduation speech and feel joy)

Tue., 2017-01-17 04:08pm
Telling his story in front of the Winter Commencement crowd was liberating for graduating senior Tomas Mournian: 'I felt not only free and whole, but ... I felt joy'

New Bakar Fellows director sees Berkeley’s entrepreneurial spirit in faculty

Tue., 2017-01-17 10:54am
Faculty director Amy Herr hopes to encourage serial entrepreneurs

‘You have been the conscience of our nation’

Mon., 2017-01-16 12:13am
On May 17, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke out against the Vietnam War on the steps of UC Berkeley's Sproul Hall

Crowdfunding expands innovation financing to underserved regions

Fri., 2017-01-13 11:17am
As Kickstarter funds startups outside of Silicon Valley, venture capital has followed, new research shows

Scientists reprogram embryonic stem cells to expand their potential

Fri., 2017-01-13 11:00am
Releasing molecular brake lets pluripotent stem cells develop into a broader range of cell types, akin to the potential of fertilized eggs

UC hires first systemwide Title IX administrator

Thu., 2017-01-12 03:22pm
Attorney Kathleen Salvaty will fill the new position and lead efforts against sexual violence and sexual harassment throughout the University of California

Climate change could kill off parasites, destabilizing ecosystems

Thu., 2017-01-12 02:48pm
Mass parasite extinction could create more virulent disease or alter the food web

Research zeroing in on Fresno, shows $15 California minimum wage has big impact on pay, none on jobs

Wed., 2017-01-11 09:40am
Labor experts look at Fresno County in California minimum wage analysis.

America’s best child poverty-fighting program? It’s spelled EITC

Tue., 2017-01-10 01:02pm
Research shows that the impact of the EITC goes far beyond its cash value.

Media advisory: Expert panel to explore fake news proliferation

Tue., 2017-01-10 11:15am
An interdisciplinary panel of experts will gather at UC Berkeley to discuss the problem of fake news and what to do about it.

Snails travel far and wide, spreading disease along the way

Mon., 2017-01-09 12:52pm
UC Berkeley-led study is the first to find genetic evidence for long-distance dispersal of disease-carrying snails.

Cal makes change in football leadership

Mon., 2017-01-09 10:16am
Sonny Dykes relieved of his duties; Jake Spavital to serve as interim head coach

Learning to live without plastic

Mon., 2017-01-09 10:00am
More than a dozen professors across a range of departments, from gender and women's studies to nuclear engineering, are working to incorporate content related to carbon neutrality, climate change and sustainability into their undergraduate course material.

Two Berkeley Law alums land Supreme Court clerkships

Fri., 2017-01-06 10:52am
Starting in July, Greg Miller will clerk for Justice Clarence Thomas, And Karim Kentfield will clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Both are 2012 graduates

Global warming hiatus disproved — again

Wed., 2017-01-04 11:00am
Study confirms steady warming of oceans for past 45 years

Fast radio burst tied to distant dwarf galaxy and, perhaps, magnetar

Wed., 2017-01-04 10:00am
First localization of mysterious bursts pinpoints galaxy 3 billion light years away

What’s normal? Linguist Geoff Nunberg’s pick for word of the year

Fri., 2016-12-23 12:20pm
When everyone talks about normal during a year that was anything but, linguist likes the word's odds.

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