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Berkeley Haas seeks to increase Black investors in venture capital

Wed., 2020-10-14 11:28am
The new Black Venture Institute will provide intensive education and networking opportunities for Black leaders who plan to work in venture capital and entrepreneurship.

Is English the lingua franca of science? Not for everyone.

Wed., 2020-10-14 11:10am
A graduate student surveyed scientists in her native Colombia and found that English hinders participation by Spanish speakers

Meet our new faculty: Ben Williams, plant and microbial biology

Tue., 2020-10-13 02:29pm
Ben Williams is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty.

Meet our new faculty: Luyi Yang, business

Tue., 2020-10-13 01:23pm
Luyi Yang is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty

I’m a Berkeleyan: Student Itzel Calvo Medina on how to balance activism and academics

Tue., 2020-10-13 12:30pm
Undocumented Berkeley student authors guide to inspire others to organize around social justice issues they care about

Michigan arrests: How far will the hard-right push its rebellion ‘fantasy’?

Fri., 2020-10-09 02:21pm
Domestic terror arrests in Michigan suggest the Trump presidency has emboldened right-wing militias, says UC Berkeley's Lawrence Rosenthal.

Berkeley Talks: Portraits of power: Women of the 116th Congress

Fri., 2020-10-09 09:00am
"I would say the loudest, boldest, most powerful voices coming out of Washington have been the voices of women," said U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood during a UC Berkeley panel discussion

Watch Dr. Anthony Fauci’s fireside chat live at the Berkeley Forum

Thu., 2020-10-08 01:44pm
Fauci will answer questions from UC Berkeley students, faculty and staff about the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.

California political icon Willie Brown tells it like it is in new oral history

Thu., 2020-10-08 01:15am
The 10-hour oral history represents “the first real, consolidated interpretation of San Francisco at the turn of the millennium,” said Martin Meeker, director of the Oral History Center

Campus reacts to this week’s two Nobel Prize wins 

Wed., 2020-10-07 04:10pm
In just two days, UC Berkeley is two Nobel Prizes richer. Here are some reactions from the campus community

First Day in a Nobel Life: Jennifer Doudna

Wed., 2020-10-07 04:00pm
"I'm humbled by it. For little old me to win the prize, it's just astonishing," Doudna said hours after winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Jill Banfield: How a curious Google search led me to Jennifer Doudna

Wed., 2020-10-07 03:38pm
"Every now and again Jennifer and I met (usually at the Free Speech café) and talked about collaborating," Berkeley professor writes

COVID-19 and forced displacement in the global south

Wed., 2020-10-07 02:13pm
Live webcast: Tuesday, October 20 8–9:20 a.m. (Pacific) Add to Calendar This event will be broadcast live on this page. You can also watch this event live on the UC Berkeley Facebook page. Join the

Watch Jennifer Doudna’s Nobel Prize press conference

Wed., 2020-10-07 05:00am
UC Berkeley's Journalism School will livestream a news conference and interview with Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Jennifer Doudna at 7 a.m. PDT. Watch it here!

What’s CRISPR? Jennifer Doudna and Radiolab can explain

Wed., 2020-10-07 04:40am
"I really had the hairs on the back of neck ... standing up," Doudna told the Radiolab podcast.

Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Wed., 2020-10-07 03:15am
Doudna shares the prize with Emmanuelle Charpentier of France

Trump’s COVID-19 treatments suggest severe illness, UC Berkeley expert says

Tue., 2020-10-06 04:58pm
Infectious disease expert John Swartzberg argues that the pharmaceutical cocktail given to the president implies he is much sicker than he has stated

UC Berkeley played big role in Nobel Prize-winning work

Tue., 2020-10-06 04:46pm
Physicist Reinhard Genzel credits the late Charles Townes for Nobel-winning research - and intense competition with UCLA's Andrea Ghez, a co-winner

Meet our new faculty: Youjin Chung, environmental science, policy and management

Tue., 2020-10-06 01:46pm
Youjin Chung is a new member of UC Berkeley's faculty

Meet our new faculty: Jack Tseng, integrative biology and paleontology

Tue., 2020-10-06 01:41pm
Jack Tseng is a new member of UC Berkeley's faculty

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