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Watch as traffic safety research is explained in 101 seconds

The U.S. has the highest rate of road traffic fatalities among any wealthy nation. Here’s how UC Berkeley experts are working to make our roads safer.

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People

To understand immigration today, a UC Berkeley sociologist documented 200 personal stories

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Politics & society

New tool helps protect corn farmers and insurers from future climate extremes

Research

Artificial leaf uses sunlight to capture carbon and produce valuable chemicals

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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Mind & body

Scientists trick the eye into seeing new color ‘olo’

UC Berkeley scientists created a new platform called “Oz” that directly controls up to 1,000 photoreceptors in the eye at once, providing new insight into the nature of human sight and vision loss.

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Research

On Jupiter, it’s mushballs all the way down

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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

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.

Arts & culture

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Pulitzer-winning journalism professor discusses a ‘radical’ Berkeley experiment to develop the next generation of investigative reporters

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

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Podcasts

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

Headshot of author J Finley next to the cover of her book: Sass: Black Women's Humor and Humanity

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

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People

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Two Berkeley professors receive prestigious Guggenheim fellowships

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A spate of suicides drew this alumna back to UC Berkeley to confront mental health issues in academia

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Campus & community

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UC Berkeley celebrates opening of Grimes Engineering Center

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

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