Berkeley News

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Humanities

From Bob Dylan to Ice Cube: Mapping 60 years of storytelling in pop lyrics

UC Berkeley researchers used machine learning to analyze more than 5,000 Billboard Hot 100 hits, finding that storytelling has been on the uptick since the 1990s thanks to the rise in popularity of hip-hop.

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Politics & society

Berkeley Talks: The Page Act and the making of racialized US immigration control

Politics & society

The housing crisis, explained in 101 seconds

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Campus news

UC Berkeley announces partner for supportive and affordable housing at People’s Park

Spotlight: Community-Engaged Research

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UC Berkeley is doing hundreds of research projects that go beyond the classroom and into communities. Here’s how.

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UC Berkeley college access program serving 1,500 students cut over ‘equity’ reference

Lisa Garcia Bedolla clip

What is community-engaged research? Watch a professor explain in 101 seconds

Research

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Research

A new ‘hypertropical’ climate is emerging in the Amazon

Unprecedented hot drought conditions are becoming more common, exposing trees to deadly stress and reducing the region’s ability to absorb anthropogenic carbon dioxide.

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Mind & body

Beyond biology: Why social context is the key for improving modern medicine

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Humanities

Wikipedia as resistance: This UC Berkeley class makes queer contributions visible

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Politics & society

When Americans migrate from violent states, the risk of future violence follows them

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Arts & culture

How Greek myths and Hollywood hits can help us understand AI today

Arts & culture

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Come in, sit, stay a while: How artist Sarah Cain invites visitors into her paintings

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Gifts for every reader: New books by UC Berkeley authors

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Podcasts

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Berkeley Talks: For Nobel laureate Randy Schekman, it began with pond scum and a toy microscope

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Altered States: An investigation into near-death experiences

People

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UC Berkeley’s Josefina Baltodano named one of U.S. News’ 25 Best Leaders of 2025

Two UC Berkeley professors elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Campus & community

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UC Berkeley’s introductory machine learning course gets optimized for the AI age

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Reporting started at UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program leads to two new police reform laws

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