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16 Oct 2025
ICYMI, last week, professor emeritus John Clarke shared the Nobel Prize in physics with John Martinis and Michel Devoret, who worked alongside Clarke researching quantum tunneling while at Cal.
And for chemistry, Professor Omar Yaghi was recognized for his work in developing metal-organic frameworks. Yaghi's win brings UC Berkeley's count to a total of 28 faculty members who have won a Nobel Prize.
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ICYMI đ° Svenja Guhr, Bellwether postdoctoral scholar, and Prof. David Bamman worked on a URAP project titled âMeasuring Suspense in Fiction,â which was accepted as a poster presentation at the 5th Annual Conference of Computational Literary Studies (CCLS 2026) in Germany.
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Spring 2026 SCET SportsTech gives students hands-on experience building startups in the sports industry. Taught by Christyna Serrano and Peter Evans, students form teams, validate ideas, build MVPs, and pitch at Demo Day to industry experts. na2.hubs.ly/H061Dtf0
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SSL project scientist Davin Larson describes the SupraThermal Ion Sensor (STIS) instrument on NOAA's SOLAR-1 spacecraft. STIS will contribute to SOLAR-1's critical monitoring of coronal mass ejections, which can disrupt satellites and ground-based infrastructure.
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Researchers at @BerkeleyPhysics have unlocked a breakthrough in electron microscopy, revealing the bodyâs smallest proteins at ~10,000Ă the magnification of optical light microscopes. This resolution could transform understanding of disease at the molecular level.
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Current Berkeley Statistics Ph.D students Abdullah Ateyeh and Claire Macnamara Morton have been named 2026 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program award winners.
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Jun 12
âMusic has been making me for 30 years,â says Berkeley musician MartĂn Perna. "Not the other way around.â
In a recent @EastBayExpress feature, Perna explores how collective music-making can reshape the way bands are built and experienced.
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His great-great aunt was a native speaker of Northern Pomo, an Indigenous language of Northern California. Today, linguistics Ph.D. student Tyler Lee-Wynant is using recordings of her voice to reconnect with his family's language and help preserve it for future generations.
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Jun 11
Californiaâs uninsured population could nearly double to 4.6 million by 2030, according to a new report from UC Berkeley Labor Center. Researchers warn that looming federal cuts and policy shifts threaten to erase a decade of historic gains in health coverage.
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This summer, UC Berkeley welcomes College Horizons to campusâa nationally recognized program bringing together over 120 students from federally recognized tribes across the nation for an immersive college access experience.
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Jun 10
A warming California could bring more cases of dengue fever, according to new UC Berkeley research that finds climate change is making parts of the state more hospitable to dengue-carrying mosquitoes. Researchers explain the implications.
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Jun 10
A new CRISPR-based approach can selectively destroy cancer cells, according to a recent UC Berkeley-coauthored study. The technique opens a new frontier for treating the mutations found in nearly half of all cancersâincluding some of the most difficult types.
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Jun 9
In a first-of-its-kind study, @SciPsychedelics researchers are conducting a psychedelic neuroimaging trial focused on healthy older adults. Their pioneering work aims to combat rising neurodegenerative diseases worldwide by exploring if psilocybin can boost brain plasticity.
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A new @BerkeleyIGS poll finds that 92% of likely California voters view protecting democracy as a defining issue for the next governor. Berkeley political scientist and IGS co-director Eric Schickler sheds light on the data and its impact on the race.
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Jun 8
Drawing on memories of his youth, @ucbsoj alum Hasan Dudar spent a decade crafting a rich collection of storiesâilluminating life inside a tight-knit Midwestern Arab diaspora in Toledo, Ohio.
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How do we truly connect across deep divides? Hear @Penn's Political Empathy Lab director and a @BowieState sociologist reveal actionable ways to build shared humanity on the latest @GreaterGoodSC Science of Happiness episode.
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Jun 5
Why do women feel compelled to constantly apologize? In a recent @CNN feature, @BerkeleyPsych professor Stephen Hinshaw breaks down how an "impossible set of expectations" and societal pressures fuel this habitâand how to move past it.
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Congrats to CDSS Dean Jennifer Chayes on being recognized as a 100 Women in AI honoree!
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ALT Dean Jennifer Chayes leans against the staircase railing inside the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, home of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society. Text reads: âDean Jennifer Chayes named 100 Women in AI honoree.â
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Despite the thousands of wildfires in California each year, we still donât know that much about them â especially when it comes to how they spread in urban areas. @Cal_Engineer is helping to safeguard these communities.
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âArt is one of the last forms of freedom of speech,â says legendary Bay Area artist Mildred Howard. âAnd we donât want to lose it.â
Explore how Howard has made meaning and memory her muses for over 50 years at her new newly acquired archive at @UCBerkeleyLib's Bancroft Library.
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Have you ever seen data as a living sculpture? Watch the newly installed @Cal_Engineer Strauch Hypercube be in conversation with itselfâparsing encoded data to create an infinite supply of unique visual patterns.
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