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A student walks through snow in a forest in the Sierra dragging a cut Christmas tree that is destined for a truck filled with other cut trees for the Forestry Club's annual Christmas tree sale on campus.

Campus & community

Forest fresh: Cal Forestry Club’s tree sale starts Sunday

For more than 60 years, UC Berkeley forestry students have traveled to the Sierra Nevada to cut Christmas trees for the community to enjoy.

Nox the falcon flies past the Campanile on June 5, 2024.

Campus news

Nox the falcon died of pneumonia, says UC Davis veterinary pathology report

Campus news

Massive astronomical dataset could accelerate AI discoveries about the cosmos

a stack of about a dozen books by UC Berkeley authors

Campus & community

Holiday gift guide 2024: New books by UC Berkeley authors

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

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Politics & society

Can ecotourism help promote cultural diversity and biodiversity?

A new UC Berkeley-led study integrates biology, anthropology, music and geography to map the places in Colombia where biodiversity and cultural diversity overlap, highlighting areas with the greatest potential for sustainable ecotourism development.

An empty high school hallway with lockers on both sides of the wall

Research

Black students are punished more often, ‘no matter how you slice it’

the southern portion of a blue Jupiter with a dark blue spot and a chocolate-brown cap at the bottom

Research

Magnetic tornado is stirring up the haze at Jupiter’s poles

a planet against a blue background is exploded in layered hemispheres resembling clouds, an ocean, an amber layer and a core

Research

A clue to what lies beneath the bland surfaces of Uranus and Neptune

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Research

A nearby supernova could end the search for dark matter

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

From left: Marty Baron and Dean Baquet speak to an audience

Berkeley Talks: Veteran news editors on how the media covered the election

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People

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

Today, Monday, November 18, 2024,The New York Stock Exchange welcomes University of California, Berkeley to the podium. To honor the occasion, Rich Lyons, Chancellor, joined by Bonnie Hyun, Head of US Capital Markets, rings The Closing Bell®. Photo Credit: NYSE

Chancellor Lyons rings closing bell at the NYSE

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Campus & community

A teacher and his students in a classroom in Rwanda

UC Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action launches major new partnership with USAID

A person uses a laptop with Ava's transcription tools

This company’s mission is to make the world accessible to Deaf people. It all started at Berkeley’s Big Ideas Contest

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