Skip to content

News

  • All news
  • UC Berkeley
  • Research

    • Subcategories in Research

      • Technology & engineering
      • Business & economics
      • Humanities
      • Mind & body
      • Politics & society
      • Science & environment
      • All Research

    • Top Stories in Research

      a flattened rock surrounded by mist, with sun on right

      Science & environment

      Surprisingly simple explanation for alien comet ‘Oumuamua’s weird orbit

    • Top Stories in Research

      portrait of a person smiling with the text "Be the Change, Purvi Shah" written to her right

      Politics & society

      Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil rights lawyer

    • Top Stories in Research

      person with computer code printed on their face

      Technology & engineering

      From tort law to cheating, what is ChatGPT’s future in higher education?

  • People

    • Subcategories in People

      • Profiles
      • Awards
      • Milestones
      • All People

    • Top Stories in People

      portrait of a person smiling with the text "Be the Change, Purvi Shah" written to her right

      Profiles

      Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil rights lawyer

    • Top Stories in People

      Stephanie Jones-Rogers is the author of They Were Her Property

      Awards

      Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers wins world-renowned Dan David Prize

    • Top Stories in People

      The faces of the five recipients of the UC Berkeley 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award are in circles in this composite image.

      Awards

      Five UC Berkeley instructors chosen for 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award

  • Campus & community

    • Subcategories in Campus & community

      • Campus news
      • Work life
      • Events at Berkeley
      • All Campus & community

    • Top Stories in Campus & community

      The faces of the five recipients of the UC Berkeley 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award are in circles in this composite image.

      Campus news

      Five UC Berkeley instructors chosen for 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award

    • Top Stories in Campus & community

      Annie the peregrine falcon looks closely at her four rust-colored eggs of 2023.

      Campus news

      It’s a four-egg clutch for UC Berkeley peregrine falcons Annie and Lou

    • Top Stories in Campus & community

      three women sit on a bench in 1928

      Events at Berkeley

      The rise and destruction of the Jewish fashion industry

  • Arts & culture
      • Performing arts
      • Literature
      • Film
      • Visual arts
      • Events calendar
      • All arts & culture

      • a flattened rock surrounded by mist, with sun on right

        Surprisingly simple explanation for alien comet ‘Oumuamua’s weird orbit

      • portrait of a person smiling with the text "Be the Change, Purvi Shah" written to her right

        ‘Be the Change’: Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil rights lawyer

      • portrait of a person smiling with the text "Be the Change, Purvi Shah" written to her right

        ‘Be the Change’ transcript: Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil rights lawyer

  • Opinion
      • Berkeley Blog
      • Voices
      • All opinion

      • a flattened rock surrounded by mist, with sun on right

        Surprisingly simple explanation for alien comet ‘Oumuamua’s weird orbit

      • portrait of a person smiling with the text "Be the Change, Purvi Shah" written to her right

        Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil rights lawyer

      • portrait of a person smiling with the text "Be the Change, Purvi Shah" written to her right

        ‘Be the Change’ transcript: Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil rights lawyer

MENU

Animals

A photo shows a small, greyish-brown bird standing in a grassy field

Climate change, urbanization drive major declines in...

February 22, 2023
A photo shows a large bearded pig walking through a clearing, with a smaller bearded pig following closely behind.

In Borneo’s rainforests, people and wild pigs...

February 21, 2023
a pyramid of animals with humans on top next to a circle enclosing silhouettes of animals equally with a human

Speciesism, like racism, imperils humanity and the...

January 9, 2023
A photo shows an aerial view of a conifer forest in which many of the trees have turned brown from drought

Widespread forest loss holds grave consequences for...

November 4, 2022
closeup of face of Devils Hole pupfish

Endangered Devils Hole pupfish is one of the...

November 4, 2022
silhouette of a lizard on a green leaf

Learning from nature to design better robots

August 12, 2022
A photo of a diver swimming between two sperm whales in a clear blue ocean.

A race to converse with, and save, the ocean’s...

July 7, 2022
sketch of extinct aardwolf relative, with big ears

Was this hyena a distant ancestor of today’s...

May 5, 2022
a person hugs her dog in a field

How one student finds hope in her 'fellow earthlings'

April 15, 2022
a person wearing a sunglasses holds up a white lizard

Biologist confronts deep roots of climate despair

April 1, 2022
black and red spider monkey eating fruit in a tree

Monkeys often eat fruit containing alcohol, shedding...

March 30, 2022
A photo of a transparent glass frog against a dark background

Berkeley scientist helps discover endangered frogs...

March 21, 2022
photo of a woolly mammoth at a museum

Should we bring back woolly mammoths?

March 18, 2022
a flame jellyfish, with red-orange arms, in an aquarium with other jellyfish in the backgroun

Reconstructing the chromosomes of the earliest...

February 4, 2022
cattle in a pen

Global elimination of meat production could save the...

February 1, 2022
A photo of a Western pond turtle in some grass

A wellness check for Tilden Park’s...

November 4, 2021

Top Stories

portrait of a person smiling with the text "Be the Change, Purvi Shah" written to her right

Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil...

person with computer code printed on their face

From tort law to cheating, what is ChatGPT’s...

Stephanie Jones-Rogers is the author of They Were Her Property

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers wins world-renowned Dan...

Related Stories

a flattened rock surrounded by mist, with sun on right

Surprisingly simple explanation for alien comet...
portrait of a person smiling with the text "Be the Change, Purvi Shah" written to her right

Purvi Shah on the moments of beauty as a civil...

VIDEOS

PODCASTS

audience sitting in library listening to poetry

In arts and humanities at UC Berkeley, a blend of...

three women sit on a bench in 1928

Berkeley Talks: The rise and destruction of the...

Browse

  • All news
  • Topics A-Z

Follow Us

  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Facebook
  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Twitter
  • View UCBerkeleyOfficial’s profile on Instagram
  • View UCZAXKyvvIV4uU4YvP5dmrmA’s profile on YouTube
  • View UCBerkeley’s profile on Medium

About

  • About us
  • Contact the news team
  • Enroll in our online media training
  • Find an Expert

Subscribe

  • Sign up for email news alerts
  • Subscribe to The Berkeleyan, our weekly email newsletter
University of California Berkeley
Copyright © 2023 UC Regents; all rights reserved
  • Accessibility
  • Nondiscrimination
  • Privacy
  • All news
  • UC Berkeley
  • Research
    • Technology & engineering
    • Business & economics
    • Humanities
    • Mind & body
    • Politics & society
    • Science & environment
    • All research
  • People
    • Profiles
    • Awards
    • Milestones
    • All people
  • Campus & community
    • Campus news
    • Work life
    • Events at Berkeley
    • All campus & community
  • Arts & culture
    • Performing arts
    • Visual arts
    • Film
    • Literature
    • All arts & culture
  • Opinion
    • Berkeley Blog
    • Voices
    • All opinion