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Education

This university alliance is training students to strengthen tribal food, energy and water systems

The Native FEWS Alliance, a multi-university consortium led by UC Berkeley and the University of Arizona, is one of hundreds of programs affected by National Science Foundation funding cuts.

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Arts & culture

Did the Met Gala’s attendees live up to its Black dandy-inspired theme? UC Berkeley experts discuss

Events at Berkeley

Berkeley Talks: J Finley on how Black women use sass to claim their humanity

Humanities

Ethnic Studies marks its PhD program’s 40th anniversary

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How is slavery represented at American tourist sites today?

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.

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

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Meet three Black trailblazers in STEM

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New African American history lecture series created to honor beloved professor

How the Free Speech Movement and Third World Liberation Front transformed Berkeley scholarship

Michelle Yeoh stands with a hand to her mouth as Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan congratulate her.

With the help of AI, UC Berkeley researchers confirm Hollywood is getting more diverse

Coches manejan a través de esmog en un autopista de California

California ha mejorado la calidad del aire, pero persisten las desigualdades raciales/étnicas

Cars drive through smoggy air on a California highway

California has dramatically improved its air quality, but racial disparities persist

Aileen Liu, Hernan Garcia, Christian Paiz and Arianne Eason sit in chairs on a dark stage and talk

Berkeley Talks: What is understanding? Berkeley scholars discuss

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How color shapes which animals we fear — and which we protect

Berkeley Talks: Reconsidering Black America’s relationship to the plantation

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Urban wildlife is less diverse in historically redlined neighborhoods, study finds

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