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Various members of the Khmer community sit at rows of tables at a room. Many of them appear to be engaged in conversation. One wears a flower in her hair, while another is smiling serenely while wearing a fur hat.

Humanities

The complex story of how the pandemic impacted the Asian American diaspora

Five years after COVID-19, Berkeley researchers are documenting the human story of its global toll on specific communities within that very diverse racial category.

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Campus & community

Researchers and students gather in Sproul Plaza to ‘Stand up for Science’

Ukrainian president Zelensky is seated next to President Trump

Politics & society

As Trump upends foreign policy, Berkeley scholar sees irreparable damage to U.S. power and prestige

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Mind & body

Federal research cuts could worsen infectious disease toll worldwide, Berkeley expert warns

Heather Cox Richardson and Dylan Penningroth speak on stage

Berkeley Talks: Heather Cox Richardson on the evolution of the Republican Party and what gives her hope for America

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How Trump’s immigration policies compare to those of America’s past

The north entrace to the White House, in late-day sunlight, with a garden and fountain in the foreground and a deep blue sky in the background

Voices Carry: The Constitution, Congress and democracy in President Trump’s second term

a collage showing images of dozes of people involved with the Labor Occupational Health Program from over the years

Labor Occupational Health Program celebrates 50 years of advancing safe jobs and worker justice

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Berkeley Talks: Does democracy work?

Study finds persistent spike in hate speech on X

a doctor writes in a notebook while she examines medicine held in the other hand

Berkeley Talks: The transformation of US medical debt collection

An illustration shows a man being manipulated like a string puppet by a disembodied hand.

Why conspiracies are so popular — and what we can do to stop them

line drawing of a woman with eerie-looking ghosts coming out the back of her partially missing head

Berkeley Voices: We learn what to fear. Can we unlearn it?

Berkeley Talks: Coming of age as an unaccompanied migrant youth in the U.S.

A triptych showing, left to right, Donald Trump at his 2025 inauguration; Giorgia Meloni; and Viktor Orban.

There’s a term for Trump’s political style: authoritarian populism

UC Berkeley research scientist breaks down the TikTok ban

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