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Research

Berkeley computer scientists propose evidence-based AI policies

In a new article, the researchers articulate a vision for AI policy that would improve the safety of new technologies without stifling innovation.

a map with 3D shadowing. The countries of the Middle East are in an orange hue whereas the other countries are black, and the ocean is blue. Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Iraq, and Jordan are a paler shade.

Humanities

How scholars in the Middle Eastern languages and cultures department understand a complex region

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Business & economics

Berkeley Talks: Economist Gabriel Zucman on the benefits of a (modest) billionaire tax

an illustration showing a 100 dollar bill being torn in half with medical equipment and a person falling through the tear, indicating the way funding changes to medicaid will affect society

Mind & body

What do the looming cuts to Medicaid really mean?

a map of the United States with small clusters (representing counties) in colors from navy to gray. The navy clusters are especially common on the coasts, while the center of the country has larger, gray areas.

Who uses housing vouchers?

UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons looks into the camera in a campus portrait.

Watch Chancellor Lyons’ opening statement to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce

Ezra Klein

Berkeley Talks: Ezra Klein on building the things we need for the future we want (revisiting)

People visit the Reading Room in The Bancroft Library, with shelves of books lining the halls.

UC Berkeley outlines plans to account for The Bancroft Library’s namesake

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Historic gift secures future of Cal Men’s Aquatics programs

A group of seven UC Berkeley scholars stand in front of an art piece during their travel seminar to Senegal

Creative Berkeley scholars traverse the globe to experience international art

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Science of Happiness: How to feel hope in a time of uncertainty

rows of packaged junk food in a grocery store

Berkeley Talks: How the tobacco industry drove the rise of ultra-processed foods

An aerial view of golden yellow wheat fields

Climate change cuts global crop yields, even when farmers adapt

Student walk in front of Doe Library, with the campanile visible in the background.

UC Berkeley ranked nation’s top public university by U.S. News

Crowds of students are gathered in a sunny atrium in UC Berkeley's Grimes Engineering Center.

Behind the design of Berkeley’s new Grimes Engineering Center

Dean Jenny Chatman pictured at the entrance to Berkeley Haas.

Professor Jennifer Chatman named dean of Berkeley Haas