Berkeley News

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Campus news

Bridging divides and marking milestones: The top UC Berkeley stories from 2024

A look back at 12 major happenings on campus, as chronicled by UC Berkeley News.

about a dozen dancers in the nutcracker suite perform on stage. six are wearing rat masks and dancing around a group of dancers who look frightened.

Arts & culture

The Sugar Rum Fairy? A freewheeling, jazzy reimagination of ‘The Nutcracker’

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Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: How to make better decisions

A subject lays on a table in front of an fMRI machine

Mind & body

Psychology researchers awarded $4.5 million grant for bipolar disorder study

Spotlight: Top Stories of 2024

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Seismic station on remote Farallon Islands gets critical upgrade

UC Berkeley Professor Hany Farid sits speaking to the camera next to a still of

Watch a UC Berkeley digital forensics expert break down political deepfakes

Natalie walks on UC Berkeley's campus with her mom and younger brother.

Berkeley Voices: A linguist’s quest to legitimize U.S. Spanish

Research

Biologist Victor Ortega Jiménez sits before the camera next to a still image of a hummingbird eating from a feeder.

Research

Watch a biologist explain how animals move in 101 seconds

Learn how biologists like Victor Ortega Jiménez use high-speed cameras to record fascinating slow motion footage of animals in the wild.

Two monkeys sit on a branch, with one looking disapprovingly toward the other.

Mind & body

Do animals get jealous like people? Researchers say it’s complicated.

red and black human figures on the wall of a cave, with DNA helices inside each figure

Mind & body

A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans

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Mind & body

Bay Area soda taxes don’t just affect sales. They help change people’s minds.

Cars drive through smoggy air on a California highway

Politics & society

More Californians than ever recognize climate change is caused mostly by human activities

Arts & culture

Percival Everett speaks at a podium at a UC Berkeley event

‘James’ author Percival Everett discusses his ‘Huckleberry Finn’ retelling at a campus event

BERKELEY, CA - October 26 - Atmosphere at Shah Garg Collection at BAMPFA on October 26th 2024 at BAMFA in Berkeley, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)

One of the world’s largest collections of work by women artists is now on view at BAMPFA

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Podcasts

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Science of Happiness: How to find calm through walking

Poulomi Saha stands in front of a huge fireplace surrounded with decorative wrought iron.

Berkeley Voices: As crises escalate, so does our fascination with cults

People

UC Berkeley engineer Homayoon Kazerooni elected to the National Academy of Inventors

A photo illustration showing students streaming down a campus walkway. The outer frame is in black and white negative; the central frame is in full color.

With change coming to Washington, does higher education face a ‘dystopian’ future?

Campus & community

A still image of UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons and Jen Lyons seated side by side looking into the camera in front of a fireplace.

Watch a holiday greeting from Chancellor Rich Lyons and Jen Lyons

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Holiday gift guide 2024: New books by UC Berkeley authors

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