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Year: 2015

Journalist and new media pioneer passes away

December 24, 2015

Berkeley 2015: the year in pictures

December 23, 2015

Engineers marry photons with electrons on...

December 23, 2015
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Galaxy hunter Hyron Spinrad has died at 81

December 23, 2015

Hu, Alivisatos to receive National Medals of...

December 22, 2015
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December 22, 2015
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A look back at the Campanile’s centennial

December 22, 2015
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‘East of Salinas’: How a...

December 21, 2015
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Bittersweet farewell for Berkeley’s...

December 21, 2015
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LA charter school study: who benefits?

December 21, 2015
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December 18, 2015

Science magazine names CRISPR ‘Breakthrough...

December 18, 2015

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December 18, 2015
Recently, a special Winterfest meal at the Clark Kerr dining center celebrated the garden’s abundant rosemary (right), which executive chef Daniel Moreno ground up and mixed with other ingredients to create a prime rib rub. (UC Berkeley photo by Gretchen Kell)

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December 17, 2015
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December 16, 2015

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