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Cybersecurity center offers early guidance for Trump administration
What actions should the Trump administration take in its first 100 days to safeguard cybersecurity? Berkeley experts have some ideas.
Thomas Laqueur’s Work of the Dead wins historical literature prize
A book dealing with customs and rituals around death has earned UC Berkeley historian Thomas Laqueur a top literature prize.
Thanksgiving arrives early at Albany Village
For the third year in a row, the UCPD delivered turkey and the trimmings to student families.
Cal gets in the spirit for the Big Game
The Big Game — the infamous annual showdown between the California Golden Bears and the Stanford Cardinal — kicks off tomorrow (Nov. 19) at 2:30 p.m. at California Memorial Stadium on UC Berkeley’s campus.
Ramayana Translation Project turns its last page, after four decades of research
Sanskrit professor Robert Goldman has dedicated more than four decades to studying and deciphering the epic story of the Ramayana. One chapter is closing and another begins.
Judith Butler on Americans’ rage, ‘nonsensical’ Electoral College
One of the insights that Butler, a professor of comparative literature, says she’s had to accept is how angry the electorate was — how much hatred was unleashed by Trump.
Re-entry embodies Berkeley vets’ words as ‘verbatim theater’
Trè Bunker, along with other veterans on campus, shared their stories of war as raw material for Re-entry: The process of resilience, the latest piece by the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies.
Be the Berkeley Effect: Big Give is coming Thursday
The butterfly effect explains change; the Berkeley Effect changes the world. And UC Berkeley is inviting the world to be the Berkeley Effect by donating to the university during tomorrow’s Big Give, the annual fundraising
Fixing a hole: pain, progress as Berkeley seeks to repair its budget
A Q&A with Carol Christ, Berkeley's interim provost
Professor receives anthropology award for work on immigration, health, inequality
Seth Holmes, a UC Berkeley associate professor of medical anthropology and public health, is a recipient of a 2016 American Anthropological Association award for his work on immigration, health and inequality. Holmes, also the co-chair
Racial bias negligible in test to predict future crimes
Does the criminal justice system's use of 'risk assessment' tools unfairly target minorities?
Newly discovered salamander species, world’s smallest, already endangered
Minute salamanders from Oaxaca may disappear within 50 years, biologists say
Documentaries by two J School alums make Oscar shortlist
Two films by recent graduates of UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism are on the shortlist of documentary contenders for Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts announced recently.
Cal Performances’ new program aims to delve deep into artistic inspiration
Cal Performances launches a new program to explore artistic inspiration and the journey from a literary work to a live performance.
Looking for peace of mind? At the Bot Garden, it’s free all month
Through November, the UC Botanical Garden at Berkeley is inviting visitors to wander the garden’s paths free of charge every day — including weekends and holidays — from 9 to 11 a.m.
Affirmation rally for diversity, equity and inclusion fills Sproul Plaza
Faculty advisers assured students and others Thursday of UC Berkeley's commitment to safeguard the university's values in the face of fears unleashed by the 2016 election
True stories of war, written in tattoos
The War Ink project, co-founded by alumnus Jason Deitch, highlights stories of combat veterans through memorial tattoos. The exhibit is on display in the Doe Library on campus through November.
Berkeley public health nutritionist awarded 2016 Yamashita Prize
Aileen Suzara, who earned her master’s degree at UC Berkeley in public health nutrition, has been awarded the 2016 Foundations for Change: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize.
Berkeley High students take their protest to Sproul
Shouting “not our president,” thousands of Berkeley High School students marched through downtown Berkeley and up Bancroft to Sproul Plaza Wednesday morning in protest of Donald Trump’s election as president. On the steps of Sproul
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