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Berkeley’s Blue and Gold satellites are now flying through Earth’s magnetotail — a first

Launched to Mars in November, NASA’s ESCAPADE probes — operated by UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Lab — are now testing their instruments in a never-before-visited region of Earth's magnetic field.

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Why climate health research matters more than ever

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Bakar Labs-backed companies raise $1 billion during biotech’s toughest funding stretch

Members of the California Straw Hat Band hype up the crowd at Fall Convocation.

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UC Berkeley sees surge in student applications for fall 2026

Berkeley Social Sciences Dean Raka Ray speaks to Masters of Computational Social Sciences students.

UC Berkeley Social Sciences charts its future with new strategic plan

Division of Biological Sciences Dean Richard Harland to conclude term in June 2027

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A UC Berkeley professor explains the thorny history of love, sex and marriage

Students standing next to a screen make their pitch for ReMove to judges at the Berkeley Civic Innovation challenge.

Wildfire safety to move-out waste: UC Berkeley students pitch fixes for top city problems

The Science of Love: Exploring the biology of belonging

Berkeley Seismological Laboratory director Richard Allen points at a chart on a screen.

How the Berkeley Seismology Lab turns data into disaster prevention

UC Berkeley librarian Ann Glusker holds up books about collecting oral histories

New oral history project chronicles the resilience of UC Berkeley’s libraries

UC Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons speaks at Cal Athletics' Winning Analytics summit.

UC Berkeley brings data science to the field with Cal Athletics’ Winning Analytics summit

Watch: an archaeologist’s guide to Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’

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UC Berkeley receives Black-Serving Institution designation

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Despite budget threats, UC Berkeley invests in six new tenure-track Asian American and Pacific Islands specialists

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These Berkeley researchers may stop the next pandemic — if we let them

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