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Mars to lose its largest moon, but gain a ring

Mon., 2015-11-23 05:00pm
In 10-20 million years, Phobos will get so close to Mars that it'll be shredded into a ring

Can’t tell green from red? Berkeley alums can help

Mon., 2015-11-23 04:10pm
One in 10 males are born colorblind, and as common as the condition is, there are few options for those who have it. But a Bay Area company co-founded by UC Berkeley alumni is working to change that.

Decade-long volcanic eruptions may not have caused global extinctions

Mon., 2015-11-23 08:00am
Sulfur emissions from years-long lava eruptions, one of the proposed causes of massive die-offs in earth's history, may have had less grim consequences than once thought

Three new AAAS Fellows from UC Berkeley

Mon., 2015-11-23 08:00am
Election recognizes achievements in advancing science or its applications

Sneak peek at new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive

Fri., 2015-11-20 03:41pm
Excitement is building, literally, for the Jan. 31 opening of the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

Bin Yu: Seeking data wisdom

Fri., 2015-11-20 03:31pm
A profile of UC Berkeley data scientist Bin Yu, professor of statistics and electrical engineering and computer science, whose research is a powerful synergy of science, computation and statistics — something she things is an underappreciated aspect of data-intensive research today.

Uber and Lyft to get environmental scrutiny

Fri., 2015-11-20 09:00am
UC Berkeley and the Natural Resources Defense Council are teaming up to conduct a yearlong national study of the environmental impacts of ride-hailing companies, Uber and Lyft.

Survivor: Game Theory for MBA students mirrors real-world business challenges

Thu., 2015-11-19 03:44pm
Students in John Morgan's game theory course are asked to apply their survivors' skills.

Sleuthing rare manuscript’s history leads to prestigious award

Thu., 2015-11-19 01:00pm
The American Musicological Society's prestigious Claude V. Palisca Award is being shared by a faculty expert on the Nazi-era confiscation of musical cultural property.

Severin Borenstein recognized for contributions to the field of energy economics

Thu., 2015-11-19 12:45pm
Haas professor Severin Borenstein has energy to spare.

Acorn worm genome reveals gill origins of human pharynx

Thu., 2015-11-19 08:44am
The earliest creatures with gill slits tell biologists about the origin of structures that allow us to bite, chew, swallow and speak

Big Give — the big day, in photos

Wed., 2015-11-18 03:54pm
For Big Give — taking place Thursday, Nov. 19 — UC Berkeley students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are harnessing their creativity to express how the campus helps them “Think Bigger.” Some are posting images

‘A Murder of Crows,’ a bird’s-eye view of a heedless world

Wed., 2015-11-18 02:03pm
Set in a harsh, dystopian future, A Murder of Crows — the latest play by the Department of Theater, Dance and Performance Studies — follows a dysfunctional small-town family living in a warped world on the verge of total ecological destruction.

Molenbeek, Belgium: Europe’s capital of jihad?

Wed., 2015-11-18 01:30pm
French authorities now believe that those responsible for the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris have a connection to Molenbeek, a disenfranchised suburb of Brussels. In a post on the Berkeley Blog, Jeroen Dewulf, director of the Institute of European Studies, shines a light on the neighborhood and its history.

Of war, water and working to fix South Sudan

Wed., 2015-11-18 10:00am
Engineering student gives 6th graders the inside scoop on his native South Sudan

Reduced breathing capacity in kids linked to early pesticide exposure

Wed., 2015-11-18 09:00am
First study to show effects on lung health in kids living near fields where organophosphates used

Berkeley Lab dedicates new science building to late UC Berkeley professor

Tue., 2015-11-17 03:32pm
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has opened a new building dedicated to energy supercomputing and networking, and named it after a late UC Berkeley pioneer in semiconductor lasers. Shyh Wang Hall, a 149,000-square-foot facility built on

World record: A love story, on wheels

Tue., 2015-11-17 10:00am
High school sweethearts and now a power couple on the UC Berkeley faculty, Molly and Rob Van Hoeweling share a passion for bicycle racing. Their years of dedication paid off on Sept. 12, when Molly set a new women’s world record for cycling.

Big Give marshaling alumni and campus to ‘Think Bigger’ Nov. 19

Tue., 2015-11-17 09:02am
Big Give is back. The one-day giving blitz, asking alumni, students, faculty, staff and Cal parents to support the campus with a donation, starts at 9 p.m. PST on Wednesday, Nov. 18, and runs until 9 p.m. PST on Thursday, Nov. 19.

OITNB’s Laverne Cox to tell her story in inaugural ‘campus climate’ talk

Tue., 2015-11-17 01:30am
Orange Is the New Black star comes to Pauley Ballroom on Dec. 2

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