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Elwyn Berlekamp

Elwyn Berlekamp, game theorist and coding pioneer,...

April 18, 2019
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative launches effort to...

April 9, 2019
Song Sun (孙崧）is a new math professor

Meet our new faculty: Song Sun, math

January 22, 2019
Suncica Canic

Meet our new faculty: Sunčica Čanić, mathematics

December 18, 2018
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Two Berkeley alums win MacArthur...

October 5, 2018

New dorm to honor Berkeley’s first tenured black...

February 8, 2018
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August 10, 2017
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April 4 memorial for Paul Chernoff,...

March 29, 2017

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May 3, 2016

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April 26, 2016

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April 22, 2016
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February 23, 2016

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