Posts by Edward Lempinen

Rescue workers lead a disoriented and possibly injured woman from a Ukrainian shopping center targeted by Russian missiles.

Mind & body

Broad use of psychedelic MDMA could ease devastating psychological trauma in Ukraine, study says

More than 6 million Ukrainians are suffering severe PTSD resulting from Russia’s 2022 invasion, according to a study co-authored at UC Berkeley. Scholars say MDMA-assisted group therapy could ease their pain — and save billions of dollars.

A female teacher in a classroom holds a rabbit, surrounded by four young students.

Education

At a low point in U.S. race relations, Black teachers are essential — and at risk

Janet Mencoz-Partida stands among the columns and arches in a portico of the California state Capitol, with a black and white tiled floor.

Politics & society

Young Berkeley idealists shape ‘real policy for real people’ in Sacramento

A Togolese farmer wearing a cap sits among tall corn plants, studying a smart phone, while a young man and a woman work among the plants.

Politics & society

Togo and UC Berkeley: A data science alliance to build a dynamic West African nation

an eerie illustration, in stark red and black, of the US Capitol inverted and mirrored

Two-thirds of Californians believe US democracy is ‘under attack,’ says new Berkeley IGS Poll

an illustration showing a crowd of people inside a head, with a cord and plug extending from the brain. The cord is unplugged from a US flag superimposed on a map of the nation.

‘We the people’ is a timeless ideal of American democracy. What’s gone wrong?

a female caregiver, apparently of middle age, feeds an elderly woman with a spoon

Proposed Medicaid cuts could have a ‘far-reaching, disproportionate’ impact on older workers

The pediment and frieze of the U.S. Supreme Court building, bearing the inscription: Equal Justice Under Law

UC Berkeley experts react to U.S. Supreme Court ruling on medical care for trans minors

A photo showing from behind a person in military fatigues and a sidearm in a holster, with a

A looming crisis: In deportation push, will the U.S. scrap constitutional safeguards?

an older man, at left, confers in a medical office with a doctor (at right) who is holding out a prescription vial.

Proposed Medicaid cuts could have devastating impact in California, UC Berkeley analysts say

arcing rows of empty chairs in a legislative chamber

Global study finds most people want gender-balanced government, even if quotas are needed

In turbulent times, 2025 University Medal finalists excelled through idealism, hard work

Group portrait featuring (left to right): Julia Schaletzky, Smriti Mehta and Will Fithian, against the carved-stone backdrop of an elegant old campus building.

With right and left deeply divided, emerging UC Berkeley groups embrace the ‘vital center’

a classic building on the University of California, Berkeley, campus, with the Campanile towering in the background

UC Berkeley graduate programs soar to elite status in latest US News rankings

Bhavya Joshi, center, sitting around a table with African colleagues. Behind her, a window opens onto a forested landscape.

In a Kenyan camp, Bhavya Joshi teams with refugees to support women’s health

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

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