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Race and ethnicity

Berkeley Talks: What are Berkeley's Latinx Thriving Initiatives?

Leaders of UC Berkeley's Division of Equity and Inclusion discuss how the campus’s Latinx Thriving Initiatives are supporting Berkeley’s goal of not only becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution, but also of transforming Berkeley into a Latinx Thriving Institution

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Arts and humanities

New exhibit tracks the rise of the disability rights movement

'A Camp, a Campus, and a Disability Revolution,' is on display now in Doe Library’s Brown Gallery through February 2024

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Campus & community

Sydney Roberts: New ASUC president shares her goals, inspirations

Her first goal is to increase students' sense of belonging on campus, especially for those who are underrepresented.

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Awards

Economics professors Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman named Citation Laureates

This distinction recognizes top economists whose work is considered to be of Nobel-prize class.

Featured news

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'U.S. News' ranks UC Berkeley top public school in the country

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What's new at UC Berkeley this semester? Here's a glimpse.

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UC Berkeley is top university in number of companies founded by undergraduate alumni

Research

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Berkeley researchers reveal how redlining still drives health inequities

50 years after being outlawed, discriminatory lending practices continue to have serious effects.

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Cultural racism worsens health inequities between racial groups

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California public worker pensions reduce senior poverty, wealth gap

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UC Berkeley historian of science ponders AI's past, present and future

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Early malnutrition sets stage for poor growth and even death, study finds

Arts & culture

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Nobelists show their hands in photo exhibit by noted German photographer

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New season of longtime avant-garde film series opens at BAMPFA

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Podcasts

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Berkeley Talks: Poet Ishion Hutchinson reads 'The Mud Sermon' and other poems

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Funky and free-spirited: How a 1970s summer camp started a disability revolution

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People

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UC Berkeley researchers awarded 2024 Breakthrough Prizes

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Raymond Lifchez, pioneer of universal design, dies at 90

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Campus & community

A Pepsi booth at Caltopia 2022 includes a table, bottled drinks and posters showing PepsiCo's commitment to sustainability.

UC Berkeley and PepsiCo renew 10-year beverage partnership

Melissa Little (left) and Dorothy Day with food destined to feed people in need

How an MBA student used a Berkeley Haas course to redirect food for good

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