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Court decision on LGBTQ protections an overdue landmark, Berkeley scholars say
Berkeley is recognized nationally as a center of legal, policy and cultural scholarship on LGBTQ rights. Several scholars offered their assessments of Monday’s decision
Racial discrimination ingrained in jury selection, law school report finds
An exhaustive study investigates the history, legacy, and ongoing practice of excluding people of color — especially African Americans —from state juries
Work from home to continue through Jan. 1, with exceptions
Eugene Whitlock, chief people and culture officer, and Ben Hermalin, vice provost for the faculty, sent the following message to faculty and staff on Monday: In the coming months, although the public health crisis will
Structural Racism and COVID19: The Political Divide, Re-Opening the Society and Health Impacts on People of Color
Live webcast: Friday, June 26 12–1 P.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. Recent California
Pandemic could decimate environmental, outdoor science education programs
Study finds 11 million children at risk of losing access to the educational and health benefits of environmental education
Diluting blood plasma rejuvenates tissue, reverses aging in mice
New study suggests that plasma exchange could be the key to unlocking the body’s regenerative capacities
Of virulent viruses and reservoir hosts
As the public health community races to contain the current global pandemic, researchers are working diligently to understand the novel coronavirus
Berkeley Talks: Using peer pressure to fight climate change
"When you do something, other people see you do it, and they do it, too," says Robert Frank, an economics professor at Cornell University and author of Under the Influence
Corey Goodman awarded Gruber Neuroscience Prize
Goodman shares the prize with two other neuroscientists who showed how the body's growing neurons connect to the proper target
Bakar Fellow Q&A: Building a wearable carbon dioxide sensor
Roya Maboudian is creating a wearable sensor to warn people of unhealthy indoor carbon dioxide levels
UC Berkeley supports #ShutDownSTEM and Black Lives Matter
A. Paul Alivisatos, executive vice chancellor and provost, sent the following message to deans on Tuesday: As we briefly discussed earlier today in Council of Deans, tomorrow, Wednesday, June 10 is a national day of
US can reach 90% clean energy by 2035 without higher costs, report says
The report by Berkeley's Center for Environmental Public Policy finds an ambitious move to clean energy is do-able — and could bring broad economic, environmental benefits
How reforms could target police racism and brutality — and build trust
Berkeley social psychologist Jack Glaser is alarmed — though not surprised — by the recent storm of police violence. But he sees paths toward more humane, effective law enforcement
A message from campus leaders: Standing together
We stand in steadfast solidarity with our Black community, two Berkeley leaders write
On George Floyd and the struggle to belong
This is our national ritual every time a black American is killed at the hands of police, writes associate professor Denise Herd
Berkeley study: Protests in Minneapolis, country rooted in systemic racial issues
UC Berkeley Othering & Belonging research shows history of racism, against black Americans, is repeating itself
Pacific Islander Initiative will grow community’s presence on campus
Tongan American staff member builds a campus family and community for Pacific Islanders
Berkeley startup aims to provide credit cards for students, immigrants
Immigrant-led company seeks to provide credit to consumers with no credit score
Berkeley Talks: Thirty-six questions to help us connect when we’re apart
A daughter shares how she and her 82-year-old dad with stage 4 lung cancer became closer while remaining physically separated on the Science of Happiness podcast
Searching for quantum weirdness in interactions between light and matter
Physicists Alessandra Lanzara and Joseph Orenstein were awarded $1.6 million each to poke and probe new types of materials to see what unusual quantum phenomena pop out