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Politics & society

Can ecotourism help promote cultural diversity and biodiversity?

A new UC Berkeley-led study integrates biology, anthropology, music and geography to map the places in Colombia where biodiversity and cultural diversity overlap, highlighting areas with the greatest potential for sustainable ecotourism development.

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Mind & body

On the forefront of genetics, mental illness and trauma’s lasting effects

Campus & community

Missile sirens, research resolve: Ukrainians at Berkeley reflect on a year at war

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Research

In Borneo’s rainforests, people and wild pigs are fundamentally linked

Students gather on Feb. 12 for a candlelight vigil at Sather Gate to honor the quake victims in Turkey and Syria.

Quakes in Turkey and Syria hit home at Berkeley, where aid is underway

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Defying negative stereotypes, humanities majors are booming at Berkeley

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Berkeley international studies programs win $12 million in federal grants

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Recycling isn’t what we thought it was. So, what now?

In a blue, sunlit room, a woman casts her vote in the Sierra Leone presidential election

A bold Berkeley program is improving human lives in low-income countries

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UC Berkeley professor to advise USAID on sustainable energy development

On a day of scorching temperatures, a man in India sits and drenches himself in water from a public fountain

Air conditioning in a changing climate: a growing rich-poor divide

A photo of a Bangladeshi shop keeper wearing a red cloth face mask, while sitting outside behind a selection of produce.

Largest study of its kind finds face masks reduce COVID-19

Analysis reveals global ‘hot spots’ where new coronaviruses may emerge

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Berkeley study: Globally, US ranks near bottom in COVID-19 response

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Pandemic caused ‘staggering’ economic, human impact in global south, study says

Gloria Tumushabe, a Ugandan graduate student at Berkeley, sits at her laptop in Walnut Creek and teaches young women in Uganda how to code during the pandemic.

COVID Stories: The chance to teach young Ugandan women to code

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