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Two new UC Berkeley graduates embrace before the crowd at Winter Commencement 2024.

Campus & community

2024 Winter Commencement: A day of reflection, celebration and advice

Over 1,000 students participated in Saturday’s event.

Academy Award

Arts & culture

Berkeley Journalism faculty and alumni shortlisted for Academy Awards

Ocean Vuong and Cathy Park Hong

Arts & culture

Berkeley Talks: Poet Ocean Vuong on disobedience and the power of language

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Research

Fly vs. wasp: Stealing a defense move helps thwart a predator

Spotlight: Top Stories of 2024

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Bridging divides and marking milestones: The top UC Berkeley stories from 2024

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Seismic station on remote Farallon Islands gets critical upgrade

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Watch a UC Berkeley digital forensics expert break down political deepfakes

Research

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Politics & society

Expect the worst? Political scientists have a pessimism bias, study finds

Political experts surveyed recently were prone to pessimism — and were often wrong, says a study co-authored at UC Berkeley. Still, when their predictions were averaged out, they were “remarkably accurate.”

Three dried grapevine specimens, mounted on paper, are spread across a table. Behind the table stand two individuals who are smiling at the camera. Storage cabinets that are filled with file folders can be seen in the background.

Research

What a century-old grapevine reveals about a disease that plagues wine country

Biologist Victor Ortega Jiménez sits before the camera next to a still image of a hummingbird eating from a feeder.

Research

Watch a biologist explain how animals move in 101 seconds

Two monkeys sit on a branch, with one looking disapprovingly toward the other.

Mind & body

Do animals get jealous like people? Researchers say it’s complicated.

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Mind & body

A new timeline for Neanderthal interbreeding with modern humans

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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Science of Happiness: How to find calm through walking

Poulomi Saha stands in front of a huge fireplace surrounded with decorative wrought iron.

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

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People

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Ken Ribet awarded math prize for influential proof

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

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Campus & community

Two musicians in the UC Nu Jazz Collective play guitar onstage in the emsemble at a performance at Wu Hall, a new venue in Morrison Hall. The students are seated with music stands in front of them and their amplified guitars in their grasp.

Musical gifts: New campus performance hall, an unprecedented surge in music majors

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No. 1 book of the century, ‘My Brilliant Friend’, is subject of UC Berkeley research, courses

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