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Sensitive but unclassified: Alex Saum-Pascual on selfies, electronic literature and creativity on the Internet

Tue., 2016-07-26 05:00pm
Professor, artist and pioneer explores the far frontiers of self-expression in the digital age

With rise of leukemia in children, $6 million grant funds search for causes

Tue., 2016-07-26 08:00am
A UC Berkeley researcher leads a team of scientists discovering environmental exposures linked to childhood leukemia, which is increasing, especially in Latinos

Sexual rivalry may drive frog reproductive behaviors

Tue., 2016-07-26 06:00am
Some tropical frogs evolved mating behaviors to outmaneuver sexual competitors.

J School profs, lecturers, alums rake in Emmy nominations

Mon., 2016-07-25 12:56pm
Five Graduate School of Journalism professors, four lecturers and 18 alums have been honored in the latest round of News and Documentary Emmy Award nominations.

Summer myth-busters tackle campus tall tales

Mon., 2016-07-25 09:00am
Students in the summer Academic Talent Development Program are sharpening their reporting skills by investigating Berkeley lore.

Shadows on display: Sojourner Truth at BAMPFA

Sun., 2016-07-24 05:00pm
Starting Wednesday, museum-goers will get a chance to meet the abolitionist, women’s rights activist, speaker, entrepreneur, runaway slave and illiterate memoirist through small rectangular photographs that functioned as the social media of their day

49 Cal Bears are headed to Rio

Fri., 2016-07-22 02:30pm
Forty-one athletes, among them 18 current or past Cal swimmers, span 15 sports and will represent 18 different countries. Also on the list are five coaches, one team doctor and a technical staff member

Teens trained to fight virtual crime at CYBEAR camp

Fri., 2016-07-22 01:58pm
Twenty-three high schoolers enrolled in a class that's part of a National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency initiative

Biologists home in on paleo gut for clues to our evolutionary history

Thu., 2016-07-21 11:11am
The bacteria in our gut evolved with us and our hominid ancestors, new study shows

Hundreds of staff prepare for career-building conference

Wed., 2016-07-20 05:00pm
Six hundred staffers have registered for the fourth annual Next Opportunity at Work (NOW) Conference, a free, all-day event designed to support professional development

Swimmer named Pac-12 Woman of the Year

Wed., 2016-07-20 03:59pm
Rachael Acker, runnerup for University Medalist, is first Golden Bear to receive the conference honor in the 11-year history of the award

Young tech entrepreneurs take bite out of hunger

Wed., 2016-07-20 01:55pm
Alum Komal Ahmad founded a food-recovery business and is one of several UC graduates who have been named in UC's Global Food Initiative 30 under 30 awards

Berkeley student is youngest California delegate at RNC

Wed., 2016-07-20 11:00am
Claire Chiara is the youngest member of the California delegation to the Republican National Convention

Community holds vigil for student, others killed in France

Tue., 2016-07-19 10:22am
Hundreds of people gathered late Monday afternoon on Sproul Plaza to honor and remember Nicolas Leslie, who was killed last week in Nice, France. It was the second time this month the UC Berkeley campus

Car sharing increases mobility, decreases greenhouse gas emissions

Tue., 2016-07-19 09:45am
Study of Canada's car2go shows decreased auto use, car ownership with sharing services

Students tell the secret history of America on Medium

Mon., 2016-07-18 05:00pm
Life in the stands at a San Jose Earthquakes game. An honest assessment of the problem of public bathrooms in a city that’s hostile to the poor. The American hipster, circa 1800. When a group

Antibiotic may block Zika virus infection of fetus

Mon., 2016-07-18 12:14pm
Duramycin blocks infection through both placenta and amniotic sack

Berkeley student confirmed dead in France terror attack

Sun., 2016-07-17 03:30pm
Nicolas Leslie, a UC Berkeley student who had been studying in Nice, France, as part of the campus’s Study Abroad program, has been identified as among the 84 people killed in Thursday’s terrorist attack in the French port city.

UC Berkeley students among those injured in Nice terrorist attack

Fri., 2016-07-15 10:45am
Three UC Berkeley students studying abroad in Nice, France, are known to have been injured in the terrorist attack yesterday after a truck struck hundreds of people during a fireworks display celebrating Bastille Day. A fourth

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