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Campus, black student leaders agree to create new African American center
African Americans make up 3 percent of the undergraduate student body compared to a state population of 6 percent.
Warming world may put most cities off limits for summer Olympics
By 2085, only eight Northern Hemisphere cities outside of western Europe are likely to be cool enough to host the summer games, scientists find; San Francisco would be one of just three in North America
The caddisfly and its amazing underwater tape
UC Berkeley stream ecologist Patina Mendez explains how picky these house builders can be
Life-changing program brings legal training to disadvantaged youth
Thirty-eight Bay Area high school students are getting an eye-opening and often career-forming experience this summer in Berkeley Law's Center for Youth Development through Law (CYDL) program.
The psychology behind the tiny house movement
Tiny homes broadcast the value a person holds in relation to homes, sustainability and how you’re living your life, says Lindsay Graham, a research specialist at the Center for the Built Environment at UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design. But they're not for everyone.
Biochemist Howard Schachman, an advocate for research ethics, dies at 97
Schachman fought UC's Loyalty Oath and mandatory retirement, and until last year trained students in scientific ethics
Big day for Cal in Olympics pool
Rising senior Ryan Murphy etched his name into the storied history of American backstroking with a gold medal performance, and rising sophomore Kathleen Baker added hers by taking silver in an incredible night for Berkeley in the pool at Rio.
Staffers “reflect, envision and act” at NOW Conference
Almost 500 UC Berkeley staff members took advantage of the campus’s fourth annual NOW Conference
Swimming duo helps bring Berkeley its first gold in Rio
A pair of Cal alums captured gold medals in Sunday evening, the school's first of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
Recreational activities on private land help landowners and conservation
A new study supports the claim that recreational activities such as hunting, fishing and wildlife viewing incentivize conservation and increase landowner income
How sunflowers follow the sun
Stem growth is linked to the plant's internal clock so that the stem pivots westward during the day and eastward at night
Sprinkling of neural dust opens door to electroceuticals
Wireless, implantable sensors the size of a grain of sand could have wide use in body monitoring and bioelectronics
Elders use brain networks differently for short-term recall
Older people appear to rely on more connections between brain regions to successfully perform memory tasks.
Harry Le Grande, vice chancellor for student affairs, to retire
Appointed vice chancellor in 2008, Le Grande's UC Berkeley career spans 35 years.
New undergrad program to develop innovative tech leaders, entrepreneurs
The M.E.T. Program is designed to give students a seamless understanding of technology innovation, preparing future leaders who will create real-world impact .
$19 million to develop biomedical research software
National Science Foundation awards $19.4 million to Virginia Tech-led software institute
AileyCamp 2016 — where kids spin, twirl and grow
For 50 East Bay middle school kids, six weeks of practice and discipline on campus will culminate Thursday with their dance performance at Zellerbach Hall.
Saudi, Iranian students come together for entrepreneurship course
New two-week course at Berkeley-Haas this month focused on a mix of business people from Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa, a third of them women.
When targeting cancer genes, zero in on the 1 percent
Many cancer-related mRNAs bind a protein and uncover a hidden site that’s a possible Achilles heel