Berkeley News

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Events at Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: The case for a philosophical life, with Agnes Collard and Judith Butler

The scholars discuss how the work of the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates can help us to ask and answer life’s most important questions.

A new electric train at the Caltrain San Francisco station.

Research

Electric trains are quieter, more reliable than diesel. New study finds they’re healthier, too.

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Research

New wearable sweat sensor can track your hydration status

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Arts & culture

Executive actions aim to reshape America’s cultural institutions. UC Berkeley scholars react

Spotlight: Federal Updates

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UC updates on federal policy issues

A message about our commitment to UC Berkeley’s values and mission

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A message about recent federal visa program updates

Research

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Research

On Jupiter, it’s mushballs all the way down

Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet’s poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real.

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Research

UC Berkeley analysis finds steep increase of self-harm among California girls, multiracial youth

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Research

Half of the universe’s hydrogen gas, long unaccounted for, has been found

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Campus news

Got eggs? This UC Berkeley museum has tens of thousands.

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Humanities

Watch a professor explain the internet’s series of subsea tubes in 101 seconds

Arts & culture

Dancers from the Joffrey Ballet perform on stage

Cal Performances announces its 2025-26 season

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Out in Richmond, an unusual facility hosts UC Berkeley’s MFA art studios

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Podcasts

Berkeley Talks: J Finley on how Black women use sass to claim their humanity

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Berkeley Voices: Fakes, replicas and forgeries: What counts as art?

People

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Berkeley public policy scholar Amy Lerman wins Carnegie Fellowship

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After a 50-year leave of absence, returning to Berkeley’s School of Journalism

Campus & community

Laura Paxton Hassner stands at a podium giving a talk about the Berkeley Changemaker program to an audience.

This new course teaches UC Berkeley students the (nearly) lost art of disagreement

Creekside Center, the new home of the Disabled Students' Program, is a building that was designed in 1920 by campus architect John Galen Howard. When it was renovated, the two-story wood frame building retained its wood plank exterior walls and windows with tiny square panes.

Introducing Creekside Center, a new home for UC Berkeley’s Disabled Students’ Program

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