Posts by Jason Pohl

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Campus & community

When student stress levels are high, this UC Berkeley program turns to exercise as medicine

Exercise is Medicine On Campus is an increasingly popular health, wellness and research initiative, providing hundreds of students consultations with coaches and mentors each year.

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Research

What’s next for home insurance in California after the Los Angeles fires?

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Science & environment

Health, housing and the path ahead: UC Berkeley researchers on the Los Angeles fires

Politics & society

Trump may be planning a sharp, extended conflict with California, experts say

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

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

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Bay Area soda taxes don’t just affect sales. They help change people’s minds.

People inside a vehicle hand boxes of food to others outside the vehicle while also coordinating where the various apartments are located.

UC police and students deliver 100 turkeys and Thanksgiving fixins to University Village families

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How World War I helps explain what gave rise to Trump’s second term

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UC Berkeley scholars say the economy, sexism and conspiracies fueled Trump’s reelection

A robotic hand types on a computer keyboard, signifying the advances in AI technology's ability to be creative and craft stories.

Don’t worry. Study shows you’re likely a more creative writer than ChatGPT. For now.

The White House in Washington D.C. at night, illuminated with lights and with a fountain in the foreground shooting water into the air.

Anxious about the election? UC Berkeley psychologists explain how to cope

Chancellor Rich Lyons, standing at a podium and wearing his ceremonial robes, speaks into a microphone during his inauguration ceremony.

At his inauguration, Chancellor Lyons thanks UC Berkeley, charts path for ‘the people’s university’

An overhead photo of a child using a laptop, signaling how children spend an increasing amount of time online and may be exposed to increasing amount of concerning content and disinformation

To make children better fact-checkers, expose them to more misinformation — with oversight

Chancellor Rich Lyons sits in a chair in front of a bookshelf filled with texts about economics.

Chancellor Rich Lyons talks finances, rankings and ‘painting a picture’ of UC Berkeley’s future

two toddlers in a room, with one looking over the shoulder of the other as they play with blocks. the child playing with the blocks has amassed several in front of him.

Can toddlers help explain the origins of our bias for wealth?

A crowd of supporters holding signs and wearing Trump-branded shirts cheer as Donald Trump, blurred in the foreground, walks onto a stage.

Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift, with Trump as their ‘shame shield’

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