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Berkeley Haas seeks to increase Black investors in venture capital
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.
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
Ben Williams is a new member of the UC Berkeley faculty.
Meet our new faculty: Luyi Yang, business
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
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’?
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
"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
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
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
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
"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
"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
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
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
"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
Doudna shares the prize with Emmanuelle Charpentier of France
Trump’s COVID-19 treatments suggest severe illness, UC Berkeley expert says
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
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
Youjin Chung is a new member of UC Berkeley's faculty
Meet our new faculty: Jack Tseng, integrative biology and paleontology
Jack Tseng is a new member of UC Berkeley's faculty