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People

A Q&A with the new dean of biological sciences, Richard Harland

Harland, a professor of molecular and cell biology, took on his new role in the College of Letters and Science following the departure of long-time Dean Michael Botchan

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People

Meet Eric Meyer, the new dean of Berkeley’s I School

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Politics & society

UC Berkeley course explores gun violence as a public health issue

People

Student aims to improve AI for underserved languages and communities

Four new faculty hires are a quantum leap for experimental physics

Coach Mo walks off the field, away from student-athlete Mykolas Alekna, with a huge grin on his face

Behind Cal’s Olympic throwers, a fiercely dedicated coach

Jeff MacKie-Mason, dressed in all black, sits on a couch and smiles for a portrait

Jeff MacKie-Mason has seen the future of libraries

William Carter wears headphones and listens as a computer program reads text from transcribed slave ship logs, the original of which is displayed on a computer screen.

With newly digitized slave ship logs, Berkeley Ph.D. student examines race, power — and literacy

Jeff Davis, the retiring university carillonist, sits on the bench of the grand carillon on the observation deck of the Campanile. His body is turned toward the camera and he's wearing eye glasses, a beard, a short-sleeved plaid shirt and a smile.

Retiring University Carillonist Jeff Davis reflects on ‘the coolest job in the world’

Off-script at Berkeley: How one graduate made a home on campus apart from her twin

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Tutoring at San Quentin helped UC Berkeley’s top senior define his future

Daniella laughs with a friend as she interviews her in a podcast studio

As graduation nears, student creates a ‘time capsule’ of her Berkeley experience

I’m a Berkeleyan: BAMPFA Senior Curator Anthony Graham asks, Why now? And why here?

Rich Lyons, longtime campus business, innovation leader, will be UC Berkeley’s next chancellor

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Berkeley Voices: Medieval song holds clues to lost dialects

Aarti Sethi is surrounded by about a dozen kids, sitting around her crosslegged and listening to her read. They're gathered in front of a library bookshelf.

From UC Berkeley to rural India, an anthropologist works to expand library access

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