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Campus, black student leaders agree to create new African American center

Thu., 2016-08-11 05:00pm
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

Thu., 2016-08-11 01:10pm
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

Thu., 2016-08-11 11:22am
UC Berkeley stream ecologist Patina Mendez explains how picky these house builders can be

Life-changing program brings legal training to disadvantaged youth

Wed., 2016-08-10 11:38am
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

Wed., 2016-08-10 10:50am
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

Wed., 2016-08-10 10:49am
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

Tue., 2016-08-09 11:27am
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

Mon., 2016-08-08 04:22pm
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

Mon., 2016-08-08 12:20pm
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

Mon., 2016-08-08 08:57am
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

Thu., 2016-08-04 11:00am
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

Wed., 2016-08-03 09:00am
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

Tue., 2016-08-02 02:45pm
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

Tue., 2016-08-02 02:41pm
Appointed vice chancellor in 2008, Le Grande's UC Berkeley career spans 35 years.

New undergrad program to develop innovative tech leaders, entrepreneurs

Tue., 2016-08-02 12:19pm
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

Fri., 2016-07-29 09:23am
National Science Foundation awards $19.4 million to Virginia Tech-led software institute

AileyCamp 2016 — where kids spin, twirl and grow

Thu., 2016-07-28 05:00pm
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

Wed., 2016-07-27 02:11pm
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

Wed., 2016-07-27 12:17pm
Many cancer-related mRNAs bind a protein and uncover a hidden site that’s a possible Achilles heel

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