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Carla Shapreau holds up and discusses an antique violin from the Salz Collection to a group of middle school students on a field trip

Arts & culture

The secret lives of violins — and the Berkeley scholar who uncovers them

As the curator of UC Berkeley’s Salz Collection of Stringed Instruments, Carla Shapreau traces the rich histories of treasured, centuries-old violins and connects them to the next generation of musicians.

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Campus news

Berkeley Talks: How Berkeley became a powerhouse for innovation and startups

2025 Nobel Prize awardees Omar Yaghi (left) and John Clarke
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Awards

University of California sets world record for Nobel Prizes in a single year

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Politics & society

Abundant California: A Berkeley initiative aims to break gridlock, meet human needs

Spotlight: Community-Engaged Research

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Watch a professor explain community-engaged research in 101 seconds

A group of students sits in a large yellow disposal bin that is filled with small twigs and branches. The bin is on a hilly street next to a white house.

Wildfire season is here. UC Berkeley scholars are helping Bay Area communities prepare.

Students point toward poster paper on the wall during an exercise about the ways to better understand chronic absenteeism among students.

With high schoolers’ help, UC Berkeley researchers investigate why so many students are chronically absent

Research

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Research

Watch a professor explain synthetic plant biology in 101 seconds

Learn how Patrick Shih, an associate professor at UC Berkeley, works to create therapeutic compounds, better nutrition and even new forms of fuel through biological research.

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Politics & society

‘Gender issues’ are being used as cover to erode democracy, UC Berkeley report finds

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Research

Gel nail manicures come with exposure to skin-damaging UV. A UC Berkeley chemist has a solution.

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Politics & society

UC Berkeley launches major security initiative to address global nuclear risks

image showing circular grades for various categories: green B-s for infant mortality and childhood poverty rates, yellow C+ for drug-related arrests and Cs for high school graduation rates and cancer mortality, orange D+ for Alzhiemer's disease mortality and Ds for unemployment rates and poverty rates, and red Fs for homeownership, incarceration, bachelor's degree earned, median home value, heart disease mortality, homicide mortality, life expectancy and median household income

Politics & society

See how key racial disparities metrics in San Francisco have changed since 2000

Arts & culture

exhibit of book

In new African lit exhibit, stories challenge and enchant

Hannah Hoffman hands items to Lara Michels of Bancroft Library at St. Hieronymus Press

Iconic Berkeley printmaker’s archive comes to The Bancroft Library

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Podcasts

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Berkeley Talks: How art allows us to see everyday things anew

Arneta Rogers
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Voices Carry: Reproductive justice lawyer on the post-Dobbs landscape

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People

Portrait of Nancy Chodorow

In memoriam of Sociology Professor Nancy Chodorow, a foundational feminist scholar

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Former Air Force chief scientist to guide program development at Berkeley Space Center

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Campus & community

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UC Berkeley rated No. 1 public university in North America by Times Higher Education

Chancellor Rich Lyons, left, speaks to an audience about startup culture at UC Berkeley while Ana Claudia Arias, center, and Ken Goldberg, right, look on

Chancellor, scholars and alum discuss Berkeley’s culture of innovation

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