Tom Steyer, who left a lucrative career as a hedge fund manager in 2012 to work full-time on environmental issues, told a campus audience Wednesday that climate change is “the generational challenge,” comparing it to the one his father’s generation’s faced in World War II.

Campus leaders will appear, in dialogue with staff, at a BSA-sponsored roundtable Tuesday, Feb. 24. To accommodate demand, the noon-hour event, "Illuminating Campus Changes," may be viewed via livestream for those who have not already registered.

A staffer, an undergraduate and a graduate student have been selected as winners of the annual Fabilli-Hoffer short-essay contest. Each writes evocatively about the ringing of the Campanile's bells.

A 12-year-old Liberian girl was recently detained and allowed to die en route to the hospital after being raped. Why did this happen? And what should be done? Kim Thuy Seelinger, who was born in Liberia and directs the Sexual Violence Program of the campus’s Human Rights Center, offers insights.

On Thursday, Feb. 12, the campus celebrated the resurrection of Campbell Hall, the home of the astronomy department with a literal and figurative bridge to the physics department. Aside from new offices & classrooms, the building houses a new precision measurement lab and a new telescope and teaching observatory.

With new rankings released today (Wednesday, Feb. 18), UC Berkeley, continues to rank among the top 10 Peace Corps volunteer producers each year. Berkeley is the all-time high producer of volunteers over the program's 54 years.

A recent campus-climate survey, and the Feb. 6 symposium it inspired, point to the need for change if all on campus are to feel respected, says equity and inclusion's Elizabeth Halimah in a Daily Cal op-ed. She proposes a three-pronged strategy to improve the campus culture.

Nearly a quarter of the nation's homeless live in California. And according to a new study by the Berkeley Law's Policy Advocacy Clinic, California cities have enacted hundreds of new laws that disproportionately affect homeless people. Jeffrey Selbin, who heads the clinic, is coauthor of an L.A. Times op-ed on this trend.

California’s accountable care organizations are growing in size and number, serving more patients, and improving the quality of care—according to a report released today by the Berkeley Forum for Improving California’s Healthcare Delivery System.

When Karen Andrade, a Ph.D. student in the School of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, came to UC Berkeley, she was surprised to discover how challenging it was for outside organizations to partner with students and faculty on research projects. She came up with the idea of Science Shop to fill the gap. Its first project resulted in major water and cost savings at University Village.

The Center for the Built Environment at the College of Environmental Design has been awarded $8 million to fund core research in radiant systems and task/ambient approaches to workplace comfort, and R&D in new technologies for monitoring and control of commercial buildings.

Campus staff and non-Senate academic employees are invited to apply for the post of 2015-17 Staff Advisor Designate to the UC Board of Regents. The application deadline is March 6.

The brain's speech area, named after 19th century French physician Pierre Paul Broca, shuts down when we talk out loud, according to a new study that challenges the long-held belief that 'Broca's area' governs all aspects of speech production.

EECS professor Ana Claudia Arias is creating new wearable electronics to allow easier and better MRI imaging of sick infants, among others. Her research is supported by the Bakar Fellows Program for young faculty whose work holds commercial promise.

Beginning with acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje’s appearance tonight (Friday, Feb. 13), Cal Performances will hold some if its events in a new, intimate venue with a magnificent view — University Club, the elegant space at the very top of Memorial Stadium.

Around the time of the Summer of Love in 1967, Arthur Aron, then a UC Berkeley graduate student in psychology, kissed fellow student Elaine Spaulding in front of Dwinelle Hall, and formed a romantic and professional partnership. Among the couple's most enduring claims to fame are 36 questions that break down the barriers to intimacy, a fitting topic this Valentine's Day.

The Office of Sustainability and Energy has released its 2014 report on the campus's progress in energy conservation, drought response and other sustainability goals. Two important developments: a new UC-wide carbon-neutrality goal, and an uptick in sustainability-related academics.

"Science for the Parks, the Parks for Science: The Next Century," a new video collaboration by UC Berkeley and the National Park Service, takes viewers along to see firsthand the value of science in the national parks. Next month, Berkeley is co-hosting a conference on the parks as they enter their second century.

Chancellor Dirks' report shows progress made and work underway in six key areas: improving campus climate, sustaining the research enterprise, improving undergraduate education, deepening global engagement, promoting the arts and strengthening fundraising

Niklaus Largier, a professor of German literature and comparative literature, has been named a winner of the Anneliese Maier Research Award and research grant from the Humboldt Foundation in Germany.