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‘Generation Kaepernick’: Activist-athletes uplift voices for justice
The athletes responding to injustice across the country today are echoing a centuries-long tradition of athlete-activists standing in solidarity with movements for justice, a panel of athletes, educators and poets said during an online event Thursday.
Richard White, pioneer in micro-electromechanical systems, dies at 90
White is most recognized for his work on acoustic properties at the micro-scale, which contributed to the development of ever-smaller sensors and semiconductors
Berkeley Talks: Why the 1960s song ‘Little Boxes’ still strikes a chord today
The first episode of a new music podcast discusses the life, music and activism of Berkeley alumna Malvina Reynolds, as well as the contested politics of her famous song about suburban conformity
Closed, open, still, stirring: Pandemic-era Berkeley in 30 photos
Wonder what the campus looks like this fall? Come, take a look.
Berkeley’s newest students, by the numbers
A breakdown of Berkeley's newest first-year and transfer students
Prior Zika virus infection increases risk of severe dengue disease
People with antibodies to Zika virus are more vulnerable to severe infection with certain types of dengue – and that could complicate the search for a Zika vaccine
UC Berkeley physicist to lead $115 million quantum accelerator
Irfan Siddiqi will head the center, headquartered at Berkeley Lab, which hopes catalyze U.S. leadership in quantum information science and strengthen the nation’s research community to accelerate commercialization
Fall updates for a semester unlike any other
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ gives the campus community updates and insight on fall semester for students, staff and faculty.
UC Berkeley to lead $10M NSF/Simons Foundation program in deep learning
The five-year project seeks to uncover the theoretical underpinnings of deep learning
Breakthrough in eliminating dengue, other mosquito-borne diseases
Release of mosquitoes infected with a bacterium called Wolbachia slashes transmission of dengue by more than 75%
Chancellor chat: Coronavirus pandemic can’t stop Berkeley or its mission
Teaching, research, public service, philanthropy persist as one of the toughest school years begins
UC Berkeley Library to launch contactless pickup service
Berkeley Library has unveiled details about its new contactless pickup service, called Oski Xpress. The service — the first of its kind for the Library — is scheduled to launch Sept. 8.
CRISPaper: Understanding gene-editing through art
Artist Sheng-Ying Pao incorporates an experimental, CRISPR-modified rice into a traditional Chinese material: rice paper.
With new streaming series, Cal Performances brings performers into the home
Cal Performances at Home is a new series that allows audiences to stream newly produced full-length music and theater performances from from stages around the world
Demographers put COVID-19 death toll into perspective
Researchers calculate impact on U.S. lifespan based on projected mortality rates
Graduate student president: ‘You belong here and this institution needs you’
Luis Tenorio, a sociology graduate student and president of the Graduate Assembly spoke to new students at Friday's convocation
Berkeley’s undergraduate student leader: Stay resilient
Victoria Vera, fourth-year political science major and president of the Associated Students of the University of California spoke to new students at Friday's convocation
Fall 2020 at UC Berkeley: Masks, remote learning and courage
With an equity lens, intelligent minds and $10 million in instructional resources, the campus enters an unparalleled semester
Historic $24 million gift lights path for underrepresented students, diversity at UC Berkeley
Haas Scholars Program, Fiat Lux Scholarship endowments call on other donors to change the world, one student at a time
End of affirmative action at UC hurt Black, Latinx students, study finds
More than 1,000 underrepresented minority students per year were deterred from applying to the UC system — but most would have been admitted, the study says.