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UC Berkeley breaks ground on new Engineering Center
The center will serve as a new nexus for student collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship on campus
Berkeley history course examines Palestinian history, ‘putting the people first’
History professor Ussama Makdisi’s class gives students access to text, research that encourages ‘intellectual courage’ and promotes a sense of belonging in the classroom
UC Berkeley graduate programs succeed once again in new U.S. News rankings
In all, some 60 UC Berkeley graduate programs ranked in the top 10 on this year’s U.S. News list
Sights and scenes: Cal Day 2023
Thousands of admitted students and their families flooded UC Berkeley's walkways, plazas and lecture halls Saturday for Cal Day 2023.
Berkeley Talks: ChatGPT developer John Schulman on making AI more truthful
UC Berkeley alumnus John Schulman, the lead developer of ChatGPT, talks about how AI language models sometimes make things up — often convincingly — and offers solutions on how to fix this problem
In Berkeley’s tiny demography unit, a new effort to count into the future
Berkeley maintains the only standalone demography department in the United States
How AI can help make access to safe drinking water a reality
Engineers are working with Data Science Discovery program students to build a chatbot to help regulators discern, communicate and enforce water safety rules
Love Fox? MSNBC? You may be locked in a ‘partisan echo chamber,’ study finds
Americans right and left are sorting into media bubbles where favored TV news networks reinforce political biases and protect against challenging ideas.
Six new fellows of American Academy of Arts & Sciences
A playwright, a philosopher, a physicist, a neuroscientist, a medical anthropologist and a political scientist have been elected to the academy this year.
Video: Berkeley Law tackles border killing case
The agents involved were not prosecuted, although the beating was videotaped
ChatGPT architect, Berkeley alum John Schulman on his journey with AI
In an interview, Schulman discussed his time at Berkeley, why he cofounded OpenAI and the future of artificial general intelligence
Chancellor Christ, engineering dean plot future for semiconductor industry
"A simple truth is that expanding this workforce will be impossible without bringing in more women and people of color," group writes
‘Something for everyone’: Cal Performances announces its expansive 2023-24 season
From a rock opera on queer history and a dramatic retelling of a famous debate to piano concertos and modern dance, there will “be something for everyone,” says the executive and artistic director
What’s UC Berkeley’s ‘secret sauce’? Cal Day 2023 has the answer
Prospective students are being welcomed back to campus for a fully in-person experience for the first time since the pandemic began
School discipline can be predicted, new research says. Is it preventable?
UC Berkeley researchers in a new study have documented wide fluctuations and racial disparities in school discipline — and ways educators might be better able to prevent incidents altogether
Doudna, Banfield to lead $70 million initiative to edit the microbiome
The Audacious Project, an initiative housed at TED, is funding a new initiative led by Jennifer Doudna and Jill Banfield at the Innovative Genomics Institute to use CRISPR to edit microbiomes to improve our climate and health
To solve challenges, Californians broadly favor a mix of bold, practical solutions
Innovative poll finds bipartisan consensus on issues of health, government efficiency, education and environment to strengthen California by 2050
Berkeley’s falcon family of five: Annie, Lou and three fluffy chicks
But it's a deadly time for birds. Avian influenza rages; a Cal Falcons Q&A about it is April 27.
M87 in 3D: New view of galaxy helps pin down mass of the black hole at its core
One of the first attempts to map the 3D structure of a massive elliptical galaxy finds an asymmetric shape, helping Berkeley astronomers calculate the size of the supermassive black hole in the galactic core.
Saying goodbye to campus finance head Rosemarie Rae
"Her recent work (to) ... set us on a course for financial sustainability has been nothing short of excellent," chancellor writes