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Research

New open-source modeling tool helps countries achieve environmental goals

The new tool was developed by UC Berkeley researchers in collaboration with the the United Nations Multilateral Fund and over a dozen countries and supporting organizations.

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Humanities

From Bob Dylan to Ice Cube: Mapping 60 years of storytelling in pop lyrics

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Campus & community

UC Berkeley’s introductory machine learning course gets optimized for the AI age

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Politics & society

New data shows Asian American and Pacific Islander voters support socialist policies more than the term ‘socialism’ itself

A collage of 15 book covers, including The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston (on a burgundy background with a large face), A Gesture Life (black-and-white cover), Tripmaster Monkey by Maxine Hong Kingston (image of a bridge), Comfort Woman (a woman's face), Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (dragons in a style associate with Asian scroll art), Jasmine by Bharati Mukherjee (on a blue background), east goes west (a globe on top of a cubist body, accompanies by Chinese characters), Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee (a back-and-white image of an Asian man's face with a childhood photo superimposed), Fifth Chinese Daughter (a fairytale draying on top of a red background), China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston (red text and a dragon), America is in the Heart, No-No Boy (a body, fists covering his face, behind two strands of crossed red barbed wire, Dictee (a black-and-white landscape image), Obasan by Joy Kogawa (an Asian girl with a bowl cut looking through the window), and Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn (a romaneqseque sculpture of a woman)

What counts as ‘Asian American literature,’ anyway?

a map of the United States with small clusters (representing counties) in colors from navy to gray. The navy clusters are especially common on the coasts, while the center of the country has larger, gray areas.

Who uses housing vouchers?

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Berkeley engineers develop customizable, 3D-printed robot for tech newbies

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UC Berkeley scientists are teaching computers to speak the language of life

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Perplexity co-founder and Berkeley alum urges graduates to ‘think about humanity’

UC Berkeley professor Adam Yala is pioneering AI for cancer prediction

Study finds persistent spike in hate speech on X

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

UC Berkeley research scientist breaks down the TikTok ban

Jelani Nelson uses computer science tools to replicate human thought

Berkeley Talks: Computational folklorist on how storytelling becomes belief

People wait in line to vote in polling booths.

Public trust in U.S. elections is decreasing. But should it be?

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