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Tony Reames next to the cover of a book he co-edited called
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Events at Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: Energy justice expert on his pursuit for affordable and clean energy for all

“The goal is to achieve equity in both the social and economic participation in our energy system,” says Tony Reames, who served as deputy director for energy justice at the U.S. Department of Energy during the Biden-Harris administration.

a simple continuous line drawing of a face that suggests the many dimensions of a person's personality

Mind & body

Psychopathic personality is measured with a 1970s checklist. A Berkeley psychologist says it’s time to upgrade.

closeup of a peacock feather that resembles an eye
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Research

Berkeley Voices: How seeing a new color stretches the limits of human perception

Frank Cahill smiles and holds up his hands as colorful confetti is all around him, showing the fun, playful spirit of the spelling bee and the people who run it

People

The world’s top spelling bee is coming up. This Berkeley Ph.D. student built the word list.

Two images side by side: on the left, two knights fight each other on horseback; on the right, the knight ask a woman for forgiveness after he killed her husband

Why did medieval readers kiss, smudge and deface their books?

Emily Thompson, clad in a cap and gown, holds her 2-year-old, Caspian, also wearing a small gown, while her other kid, River, stands next to her. She's smiling widely.

After wilderness therapy, this graduate found her own path at UC Berkeley

Ann Johnson sits in her wheelchair with a cord plugged into a neuroprosthesis implant while she participates in a clinical trial helping to restore her ability to speak with a brain-computer interface
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Berkeley Voices: A stroke left her ‘locked in.’ With the help of AI, she heard her voice again.

the Ratliff family of two parents and three adult children walk in the sun

Ahead of ‘The White Lotus’ finale, Berkeley professor unpacks show’s Freudian themes and fantasies

an illustration of an eye with a pinwheel of four alternating colors surrounding it, suggesting that the eye is seeing those colors

Do vowels have colors? According to some with synesthesia, yes.

A wall in an art exhibition of replicas of many famous artworks, like van Gogh's Sunflowers and da Vinci's Mona Lisa
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Berkeley Voices: Fakes, replicas and forgeries: What counts as art?

Headshots of Helen Bateup, Dan Garcia, Kranthi Mandadapu, Mark Sandberg and Sarah Stanley

‘Tremendously effective teachers’: Five UC Berkeley instructors receive Distinguished Teaching Award

Fiona McFarlane juxtaposed next to the cover of her book Highway 13

In 12 short stories, ‘Highway Thirteen’ traces the ripple effects of one man’s violence

A performance on stage of the chamber opera The Great Yes, The Great No. There is a projected image of a woman on a backdrop with three performers with spotlights on them in three corners of the stage.
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William Kentridge’s ‘The Great Yes, The Great No’ is a voyage of chaos and creativity

Sarah Gold McBride and Christine Palmer face one another at a desk, smiling at each other, conveying their close friendship
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Berkeley Voices: From Victorian-era letters to Swiftie bracelets, an evolution of American friendship

Two actors, who play Jinzo and Catherine in the opera Both Eyes Open, kneel together, holding hands

For 50 years, he’s written about the Japanese American internment. Now, he’s turning to opera.

line drawing of a woman with eerie-looking ghosts coming out the back of her partially missing head
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Berkeley Voices: We learn what to fear. Can we unlearn it?

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