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‘Generation Kaepernick’: Activist-athletes uplift voices for justice

Fri., 2020-08-28 10:00am
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

Fri., 2020-08-28 09:00am
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

Fri., 2020-08-28 09:00am
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

Thu., 2020-08-27 05:00pm
Wonder what the campus looks like this fall? Come, take a look.

Berkeley’s newest students, by the numbers

Thu., 2020-08-27 03:23pm
A breakdown of Berkeley's newest first-year and transfer students

Prior Zika virus infection increases risk of severe dengue disease

Thu., 2020-08-27 11:00am
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

Thu., 2020-08-27 09:45am
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

Wed., 2020-08-26 01:25pm
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

Wed., 2020-08-26 12:30pm
The five-year project seeks to uncover the theoretical underpinnings of deep learning

Breakthrough in eliminating dengue, other mosquito-borne diseases

Wed., 2020-08-26 10:15am
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

Tue., 2020-08-25 05:00pm
Teaching, research, public service, philanthropy persist as one of the toughest school years begins

UC Berkeley Library to launch contactless pickup service

Tue., 2020-08-25 05:00pm
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

Tue., 2020-08-25 01:40pm
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

Tue., 2020-08-25 12:05pm
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

Tue., 2020-08-25 10:36am
Researchers calculate impact on U.S. lifespan based on projected mortality rates

Graduate student president: ‘You belong here and this institution needs you’

Mon., 2020-08-24 03:19pm
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

Mon., 2020-08-24 02:55pm
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

Mon., 2020-08-24 11:50am
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

Mon., 2020-08-24 09:30am
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

Fri., 2020-08-21 04:29pm
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.

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