For over 20 years, UC Berkeley professor Peter Duesberg has believed that HIV does not cause AIDS, an opinion that he says has limited his academic career and alienated him from the scientific community. “You cannot find the (HIV) virus, only antibodies, and it doesn’t spread via sex as it Read More…
The map below highlights UC Berkeley buildings that are seismically rated “Poor” or “Very Poor” by the Seismic Action Plan for Facilities Enhancement and Renewal report released in 1997. The green pins mark buildings that were labeled “Poor” while the yellow pins mark buildings labeled “Very Poor” by the report, Read More…
At the South Berkeley Senior Center, community members can anonymously dispose of unused or expired pharmaceutical medicine Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A recent study from UC Berkeley researchers suggests that California’s ban on using hand-held cellphones while driving has made the state’s streets safer. The California Office of Traffic Safety commissioned the campus Safe Transportation Research and Education Center to examine state crash records for two years before and after the ban Read More…
Recently, President Barack Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, which includes UC Berkeley professor Laura Tyson, has come under scrutiny because some of its members donated heavily to Obama’s 2008 and 2012 presidential campaigns.
The ASUC Senate is set to vote on the confirmation of an attorney general and of five new members of the Judicial Council at a meeting tonight. The nominee for attorney general is Deepti Rajendran. The five nominees to the council include three undergraduates and two graduates, according Jan Crowder, Read More…
The past week has been a turbulent one for two UC Berkeley alumni, Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, who are still detained in Iran, despite a belief early last week that they might be freed.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced Wednesday the launch of a new institute that will focus on problems faced by developing countries, including difficulties like unsafe drinking water and limited access to fuel sources. The new Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies is still in the process of trying to find funding Read More…
Engaging in intellectually stimulating activities over the course of a lifetime may lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a new study from UC Berkeley researchers suggests. The study, co-led by Susan Landau, a research scientist at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute of UC Berkeley, and campus professor of neuroscience William Read More…
A recent government report argues that colleges should make civic learning a central part of higher education in order to increase participation in the political system and confront a critical moment for American democracy. The Jan. 10 report was commissioned by the U.S. Department of Education in an effort to Read More…
