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Campus & community

UC Berkeley will launch new Nancy Pelosi Institute focused on strengthening democracy

Announced Monday, the nonpartisan academic institute in the political science department will become a hub for research, teaching and civic engagement.

Science & environment

Watch: How to enjoy gel nails without fear of UV skin damage – Video

Humanities

Berkeley Talks: Philosopher Mark Johnston asks, ‘Is this our only life?’ – Audio

Research

With AI, researchers discover new way to detect sudden cardiac death risk

Spotlight: Commencement 2026

At UC Berkeley’s 2026 commencement, grads reflected on an education defined by connection – Photos

‘A system that called itself justice’ took his future. UC Berkeley helped him take it back. – Video

2026 University Medal finalists: Eyes on the stars, feet on the ground

Research

Campus news

New fossils upend catastrophist narrative that flowering plants flourished only after dinosaur extinction

Flowering plants, or angiosperms, now dominate Earth’s flora, but biologists thought they truly took off only after an asteroid impact 66 million years ago. A ‘botanical Pompeii’ containing fossilized seeds and fruits shows they prospered 10 million years earlier.

Research

Newly identified fossil sheds light on evolutionary history of saber-toothed cats

Mind & body

The nose knows: Electric schnoz can smell when your food’s gone bad

Business & economics

Watch: The economic pressures that are driving Californians to leave home – Video

Business & economics

People prefer negotiating with women — even when they don’t know it

Arts & culture

New book ‘Carryout’ illuminates life in a Midwestern Arab diaspora

Newly acquired archive offers a peek inside the singular mind of ‘a beautiful artist’

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Podcasts

Berkeley Talks: Why kids need awe — and how puppets can help – Audio

Science of Happiness: Finding common ground in uncomfortable times – Audio

People

Everything’s inherited: The legacy of educator Ben Yerger lives on, and grows

Nicholas de Monchaux appointed dean of the College of Environmental Design

Campus & community

UC Berkeley named top public university in the U.S. and No. 7 in the world by ‘U.S. News’

UC Berkeley names next director of Hearst Museum of Anthropology

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