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UC Berkeley Journalism student Erika Zaro interviews Berkeley education professor Travis Bristol in a studio as journalism professor Shereen Marisol Meraji watches wearing headphones

Politics & society

Berkeley Talks: Berkeley scholars unpack what’s at stake for U.S. democracy

In a new multimedia series by UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism — The Stakes Explained — journalism students interview experts to help make sense of the new orders, actions and policies coming out of the White House.

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Humanities

Berserkers to bigfoot: Computational folklore explained in 101 seconds

Mind & body

Student-led research finds link between ocean swimming and urinary tract infections

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Research

UC Berkeley engineers develop energy-efficient sensors that work underwater

Roxanna Altholz sitting behind a desk, gesturing as she talks to two people who are listening.

‘A contribution to truth and justice’: Berkeley Law expert probes murder of Honduran environmentalist

New database makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret California police records

A camera trap photo shows a gray wolf walking along a path in the woods, carrying a small black pup in its mouth.

Pups in tow, Yellowstone-area wolves trek long distances to stay near prey

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Three standout stories uncovered by the California Local News Fellowship

Berkeley computer scientists propose evidence-based AI policies

Watch a professor explain community-engaged research in 101 seconds

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.

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

A wall in an art exhibition of replicas of many famous artworks, like van Gogh's Sunflowers and da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Is a second ‘Mona Lisa’ still special? What about the thousandth?

This Berkeley scholar wants everyone to understand what ‘structural racism’ really means

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

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.

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

An illustration shows a material with alternating horizontal and vertical grooves.

New AI-driven platform creates metamaterials for the real world

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