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Generative AI meets copyright law

Tue., 2023-05-16 09:30am
UC Berkeley professor Pam Samuelson delivered the final Distinguished Lecture on the Status and Future of AI, focusing on copyright law.

Chancellor Christ: This is a pivotal moment in education, a time to reflect and renew

Mon., 2023-05-15 11:12am
 On Wednesday, UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ participated in the final Campus Conversations event of the semester. (UC Berkeley video) Chancellor Carol Christ paused Wednesday in her twice-yearly, live-streamed conversation with the campus community

Fun vibes, a celebration of loved ones were standouts at UC Berkeley’s commencement 

Sat., 2023-05-13 09:24pm
Graduates at Saturday’s campuswide ceremony took the opportunity to show their appreciation to family, friends and the campus community

Art practice student honors Bay Area roots by resurfacing family history

Fri., 2023-05-12 04:03pm
Jacob Li Rosenberg, a multimedia artist graduating this spring from the Department of Art Practice, is one of nine seniors to receive honors studios for their final semester at Berkeley

Meet more top graduates

Fri., 2023-05-12 01:25pm

How Berkeley graduate Ria Sood found the balance between nurture and nature

Fri., 2023-05-12 01:22pm
Sood said her academic journey at UC Berkeley inspired a change in the trajectory of her career and life.

From athlete to advocate: Berkeley graduate gives newcomers a sporting chance

Fri., 2023-05-12 01:20pm
Triple-major Benjamin Coleman founded a nonprofit in high school for immigrant youth to play sports. He'll join the NFL after graduation to promote the Minnesota Vikings' community ties

Meet Zephyr, Luna and Rosa: UC Berkeley’s new falcon chicks get named

Fri., 2023-05-12 10:30am
Children proposed two of the winners in the naming contest; nearly 3,700 people cast votes.

How AI fails us, and how economics can help

Thu., 2023-05-11 04:03pm
Jordan’s lecture aims to provide a broader conceptual foundation for emerging real-world artificial intelligence (AI) systems

Berkeley alumnus Jefferson Cowie wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize for history

Thu., 2023-05-11 03:01pm
Cowie won for his book "Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power"

James Valentine, paleontologist who grappled with the origin of animal diversity, has died at 96

Thu., 2023-05-11 12:03pm
Valentine, who died at the age of 96, looked at the ecology in Earth's ancient seas to understand the rise and diversification of animals 700 million years ago

Thirty years and 100 flights: This graduate says it was worth the journey

Thu., 2023-05-11 08:00am
He walked away a few courses shy of his degree at UC Berkeley. Life's detours — and his frequent flier status — have brought him back graduate at last

Berkeley legal, health experts confront excessive police use of force

Wed., 2023-05-10 04:51pm
A high-level panel at Berkeley Law explored a range of factors — including police culture, racial stereotypes and support from government agencies — that contribute to police violence.

Britt H. Young on learning to navigate the world with the body she has

Wed., 2023-05-10 02:57pm
The graduating Ph.D. candidate in geography spent nearly three decades wearing an arm prosthesis, and decided to take it off at Berkeley

Study: Policies, not ‘bad apples,’ are behind racial disparities in jail

Wed., 2023-05-10 12:43pm
An overreliance on a defendant’s criminal history has inflated the number of people sitting behind bars while their cases grind through the courts — a systemic problem that disproportionately affects Black defendants

UC Berkeley joins NSF-backed AI institute for cybersecurity

Tue., 2023-05-09 04:23pm
The 5-year, $20 million project will focus on using AI to protect against sophisticated, ever-changing security threats

UC Berkeley alum Hua Hsu wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize

Tue., 2023-05-09 01:57pm
Hua Hsu, who graduated from UC Berkeley in 1999, is a 2023 Pulitzer Prize winner in the category of memoir or autobiography for his book, Stay True

Ready, set, vote! Here are top names for UC Berkeley’s falcon chicks

Tue., 2023-05-09 12:00pm
You have until Friday to let Cal Falcons know your favorite trio of names

For top graduating senior, a pirouette from ballet to human rights

Tue., 2023-05-09 08:00am
The 2023 University Medalist, who emerged from the pandemic and the pain of her father's death to excel at Berkeley's Human Rights Center, aspires to be a human rights lawyer

For University Medal finalists, the pandemic was a stormy voyage of discovery

Tue., 2023-05-09 08:00am
The Class of 2023 may be known to history as the COVID class, but for four University Medal finalists, the pandemic was just one challenge on an often profound journey

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