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Sensitive but unclassified: Alex Saum-Pascual on selfies, electronic literature and creativity on the Internet
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
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
Some tropical frogs evolved mating behaviors to outmaneuver sexual competitors.
J School profs, lecturers, alums rake in Emmy nominations
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
Students in the summer Academic Talent Development Program are sharpening their reporting skills by investigating Berkeley lore.
Shadows on display: Sojourner Truth at BAMPFA
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
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
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
The bacteria in our gut evolved with us and our hominid ancestors, new study shows
Hundreds of staff prepare for career-building conference
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
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
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
Claire Chiara is the youngest member of the California delegation to the Republican National Convention
Community holds vigil for student, others killed in France
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
Study of Canada's car2go shows decreased auto use, car ownership with sharing services
Students tell the secret history of America on Medium
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
Duramycin blocks infection through both placenta and amniotic sack
Berkeley student confirmed dead in France terror attack
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
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