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Social Sciences associate dean wins prestigious Fukuoka Prize

Wed., 2023-05-31 02:21pm
“As a refugee studies scholar, I see this as a recognition not only of my scholarly contributions but of the critical nature of the issues that we engage as scholars and global citizens"

Berkeley biophysicist wins Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine

Wed., 2023-05-31 02:10pm
Eva Nogales was honored for pioneering new techniques that enabled scientists to visualize the protein machines responsible for genetic transcription

Chesa Boudin to lead campus’s new Criminal Law & Justice Center

Wed., 2023-05-31 02:04pm
The former San Francisco district attorney plans to "shed light on issues too often dominated by fear mongering and scare tactics rather than facts and law"

Berkeley Talks: Pulitzer-winner Wolchover: ‘Knowledge of physics is a superpower’

Tue., 2023-05-30 02:29pm
"We tend to forget, when we're in a bubble of people who've studied physics, as we are in this auditorium, just how unusual it is to understand the laws of nature," Wolchover said to Berkeley Physics graduates on May 14

‘Climate Break’: A podcast focused on solutions to the climate crisis

Tue., 2023-05-30 02:25pm
In bite-sized episodes, this weekly podcast by UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and Environment steers away from climate doom and zeros in on what can be done

UC Berkeley’s 30,000-piece costume collection offers a ‘variety of weirdness’

Tue., 2023-05-30 02:24pm
Housed in two meticulously organized storage rooms in the basement of Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley's costume shop holds nearly any item a designer could ask for

Finding their wings: Stunning photos show young falcons’ first flights

Tue., 2023-05-30 11:00am
They've got adult bodies, but Zephyr, Rosa and Luna are still practicing their flight skills, playing and getting fed.

Berkeley Talks: Sociology Ph.D. graduates on the power of family and deep inquiry

Fri., 2023-05-26 12:31pm
"One way that we might apply our sociological training is to ask ourselves: What needs to be spoken?" said Kristen Nelson, who gave the graduate student address with Mario Castillo

How does the universe work? Promoting diversity can help answer that.

Thu., 2023-05-25 02:31pm
UC Berkeley Associate Professor of Bioengineering Aaron Streets was recently honored with the 2023 Chancellor’s Award for Advancing Institutional Equity and Excellence.

Did dome-headed dinosaurs sport bristly headgear?

Tue., 2023-05-23 10:05am
While pachycephalosaurs are known for their bowling-ball shaped domes, they likely had more elaborate structures atop the dome that have not been preserved with the fossil skulls

Berkeley political scientists chart a promising course to ease toxic polarization

Mon., 2023-05-22 08:05am
Republicans favor democracy, but they believe that Democrats don't. Democrats favor it, too, but believe Republicans don't. A simple trust-building exercise bodes well for U.S. democracy.

Berkeley Talks: Tennessee Rep. Justin Jones: ‘The world needs your imagination’

Fri., 2023-05-19 01:07pm
The lawmaker delivered an impassioned keynote address on May 14 to graduates of the Goldman School of Public Policy, urging them to do three things: disrupt, dismantle, discover

How the Holocaust ends

Thu., 2023-05-18 02:35pm
"It's not a prescription, but rather a warning," says Berkeley graduate student Linda Kinstler, author of the 2022 book Come to This Court and Cry. As the last Holocaust survivors are dying, she says, "we are entering a new period of memory."

UC Regents’ vote creates UC Berkeley’s first college in 50 years

Thu., 2023-05-18 02:30pm
The new College of Computing, Data Science, and Society will help meet skyrocketing demand for students with data and computer science training

Video: UC Berkeley’s commencement highlights

Wed., 2023-05-17 04:14pm
UC Berkeley’s campuswide Commencement — for every student, in every school and college — was on Saturday, May 13, 2023, at California Memorial Stadium. Nearly 9,000 graduates and 24,000 loved ones marked the big day.

Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, university librarian, announces retirement

Wed., 2023-05-17 12:15pm
University Librarian Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason, who is also a professor in the School of Information and an affiliate professor of the Department of Economics, will be retiring from campus in June 2024. 

What did the earliest animals look like?

Wed., 2023-05-17 08:00am
Scientists have had a hard time determining which primitive animal first branched off from the animal family tree: a sponge or a comb jelly. The favored candidate has been knocked off its pedestal.

Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones urges students: Disrupt, dismantle, discover

Tue., 2023-05-16 02:15pm
In an impassioned commencement address, the emerging leader focused on the struggle for civil rights and democratic renewal in Tennessee — and in the nation

Chemist Susan Marqusee takes leading role at National Science Foundation

Tue., 2023-05-16 01:54pm
Marqusee, a biophysical chemist, lead the directorate for biological sciences at the NSF, which is responsible for about $1 billion in funding annually

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