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Mind & body

Basic research on Listeria bacteria leads to unique cancer therapy

Microbiologist Daniel Portnoy cofounded a startup that’s turning Listeria into a tool to improve survival in children with leukemia and potentially other cancer patients.

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Campus & community

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

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Law

How a Berkeley Law team helped detail the assassination of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres

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Politics & society

What happened when canvassers tried to listen, not persuade

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New study of 31,000 syllabi finds faculty warming to AI in the classroom

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

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Berkeley Talks: An evolutionary biologist makes the case for pausing AI

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The U.S. housing crisis looms large. Could a Thai model help solve it?

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A bold calculation: What would it cost to end extreme poverty worldwide?

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How UC Berkeley research is turning waste wood into green buildings

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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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Penguins are rewriting the social rules of Patagonian pumas

School of Education strengthens Ph.D. pathways for HBCU students

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Why are Tatooine planets rare? Blame general relativity.

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Meeting basic needs: Possibility Lab issues new reports on water, food and public safety

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In 18th‑century China, these artists made Europeans’ portraits. Only now are their identities emerging.

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