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Nearly 40% of companies missed 2020 climate targets, with no consequences

A new study co-authored at Berkeley Haas found that companies faced no significant penalties from the market or from stakeholders for failing to meet their targets.

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New Berkeley guide helps business navigate AI ethics

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Berkeley to lead ‘Innovation Hub’ helping turn basic research into innovative businesses

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Economist James A. Robinson, a new Nobel laureate, left a lasting impact in his years at UC Berkeley

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“Altruistic” doctors put patients before profits — and achieve better results, study finds

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Poverty-level wages pose urgent problem for U.S. childcare, study finds

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Fascism shattered Europe a century ago — and historians hear echoes today in the U.S.

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To err is human — and in the age of AI, it may be humanizing

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Researchers reveal a hidden factor in California’s insurance crisis: The ‘winner’s curse’

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As carbon offsets, cookstove emission credits are greatly overestimated

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Hany Farid: To limit disinformation, we must regulate internet platforms

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Berkeley Talks: A blueprint for housing reform

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A history of innovation: Berkeley entrepreneurs, companies that changed the way we live

A Berkeley expert’s guide to California’s social housing proposals

Berkeley economist uses expertise, AI to support her native Ukraine

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Juana Maria Rodríguez: Sex work is a queer issue

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