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Awards

Economist James A. Robinson, a new Nobel laureate, left a lasting impact in his years at UC Berkeley

Robinson helped to transform the study of development in low-income countries, and built a network of influential former students. His win is now one of four 2024 Nobel Prizes awarded to scholars with UC Berkeley connections.

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Humanities

When Kamala Harris is speaking, this professor is listening

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Arts & culture

World Humanities Report, directed by UC Berkeley’s Sara Guyer, warns of extinction risk to human knowledge

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Arts & culture

Nine LGBTQ+ landmarks to discover at UC Berkeley

Spotlight: Free Speech

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Free Speech at UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky talks to the camera next to a still photo of protestors holding a banner that reads

Watch the dean of Berkeley Law explain free speech in 101 seconds

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Bridging divides: from anger and mistrust to belonging — and hope

Research

an older man, at left, confers in a medical office with a doctor (at right) who is holding out a prescription vial.

Business & economics

“Altruistic” doctors put patients before profits — and achieve better results, study finds

At a time when insurance companies, hospital systems and government agencies are pressing doctors to cut costs and increase profits, the findings have enormous health care implications.

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Research

Using AI and iNaturalist, scientists build one of the highest resolution maps yet of California plants

An overhead photo of a child using a laptop, signaling how children spend an increasing amount of time online and may be exposed to increasing amount of concerning content and disinformation

Mind & body

To make children better fact-checkers, expose them to more misinformation — with oversight

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Mind & body

Researchers simulate an entire fly brain on a laptop. Is a human brain next?

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Politics & society

Study links hurricanes to higher death rates long after storms pass

Arts & culture

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A new BAMPFA exhibit grapples with Syria’s civil war, inviting students to reflect

Seven acrobatic performers dressed like pro wrestlers perform a scene in a ring

Circus arts meet pro wrestling in a raucous theatrical performance

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Podcasts

About a dozen volunteer rescue workers wearing GoPro cameras on their white helmets, carry a person on a stretcher out of rubble in Syria

Berkeley Talks: With white helmets and GoPros, these volunteers risk it all in Syria’s civil war

Ketanji Brown Jackson

Berkeley’s john a. powell and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discuss her new memoir, ‘Lovely One’

People

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David Baker, a UC Berkeley Ph.D., awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Bruce Ames, developer of a simple, widely used test to detect carcinogens, is dead at 95

Campus & community

A traditional Indonesian musical ensemble performs

New 100-seat performance hall opens on campus

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Times Higher Ed ranks UC Berkeley No.1 public university in U.S.

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