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UC Berkeley faces a budget crisis like no other

Mon., 2020-08-03 12:21pm
Three campus leaders examined the campus’s finances in a livestreamed conversation

Will COVID-19 mark the end of scientific publishing as we know it?

Mon., 2020-08-03 12:16pm
Under the pressure of a global health crisis, the argument for open access has sunk in

Treating children for worms yields long-term benefits, says new study

Mon., 2020-08-03 05:00am
Children who receive a few extra years of deworming treatment eventually have better jobs, higher incomes, says study led by Berkeley economist Edward Miguel.

‘On equal terms:’ Teresa Ochoa, custodial services

Sat., 2020-08-01 10:30am
Each day until Aug. 18  Berkeley News will host a series of Q&As featuring 18 unsung heroines on staff from all corners of the campus. The series will culminate on Aug. 18 with a special edition

‘On equal terms:’ Mimi Ghosh, customer relations manager

Fri., 2020-07-31 11:32am
Ghosh is one of 18 female staffers honored for their "unsung" work on campus

What new UC Berkeley students need to know about fall 2020

Thu., 2020-07-30 11:43am
A panel of staffers discuss the issue in a livestreamed Campus Conversation

New understanding of CRISPR-Cas9 tool could improve gene editing

Thu., 2020-07-30 11:00am
Using cryo-electron microscopy, Berkeley group captures a CRISPR-Cas9 base editor in action

‘On equal terms:’ Lucy Greco, web accessibility evangelist

Thu., 2020-07-30 10:10am
18 female staffers will be recognized for their contributions to the campus

During COVID-19, Girls in Engineering camp gets creative online

Tue., 2020-07-28 02:38pm
The Girls in Engineering program introduces engineering and design concepts to students who don’t normally have access to specialized STEM activities

Researchers create ‘decoy’ coatings that trick infrared cameras

Fri., 2020-07-24 02:33pm
The coatings can camouflage target objects by making them emit the same infrared radiation as the surrounding environment

Berkeley Talks: Why racial equity belongs in the study of economics

Fri., 2020-07-24 09:00am
An interdisciplinary perspective on how the field of economics discounts Black and Latinx experiences, and why it's time for that to change

Desert mosses use quartz rocks as sun shades

Thu., 2020-07-23 01:30pm
A UC Berkeley doctoral student discovered that some desert mosses crawl under milky quartz to escape the sun, using the translucent rock as a sunshade

How can America get Native health right?

Thu., 2020-07-23 01:03pm
Berkeley Public Health Alumnus Michael E. Bird reflects on how centuries of marginalization has impacted the health of Native American communities

New technique to capture CO2 could reduce power plant greenhouse gases

Thu., 2020-07-23 11:00am
Metal-organic frameworks with added nitrogen compounds efficiently trap carbon dioxide from emissions, allowing them to be sequestered underground

How UC Berkeley has improved remote instruction

Wed., 2020-07-22 05:00pm
Berkeley’s leaders realized there was a good chance another semester of remote learning might be required. In response, they spent the summer developing better practices for remote instruction.

What Berkeley students need to know about campus housing this fall

Wed., 2020-07-22 10:25am
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools around the globe to be creative with how best to deliver a high-quality campus experience.

Berkeley Library digital zine explores racial justice in stories, photos

Wed., 2020-07-22 05:00am
The Library system has created this informal publication to inspire organizational awareness and empathy for our communities of color and allies.

California child care system collapsing under COVID-19, Berkeley report says

Wed., 2020-07-22 04:00am
Child care is critically important to the California economy — and to recovery from the pandemic. But as child care collapses, it creates a range of economic risks that require government intervention, UC Berkeley experts say.

Updates for planning events on campus

Tue., 2020-07-21 05:00pm
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost A. Paul Alivisatos and Vice Chancellor, Administration Marc Fisher sent the following message to faculty and staff Wednesday:  This week, the Chancellor’s Cabinet issued updates for those that plan events

Fall semester update, student resources for remote instruction

Tue., 2020-07-21 12:00pm
The increase in cases in the local community is of particular concern. Given this development, as well as it being unlikely that there will be a dramatic reversal in the public health situation before the fall semester instruction begins on Aug. 26, we have made the difficult decision to begin the fall semester with fully remote instruction.

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