CalSol solar powered car wins fourth place in American Solar Challenge
UC Berkeley’s Solar Vehicle Team, CalSol, placed 4th out of 16 teams in the American Solar Challenge, which ran from July 6 to 14 from New York to Minnesota. Read More…
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UC Berkeley joins Harvard, MIT in program providing free online classes
UC Berkeley is joining Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to make university courses available to anyone with Internet access. Read More…
UC Berkeley alumnus and former journalist Christopher Norton dies at 62
UC Berkeley alumnus and former journalist Christopher Norton died on June 22 at his home in Sebastopol, Calif., after a battle with liver cancer. Norton was 62. Read More…
Four Berkeley Lab projects awarded ‘Oscars of Innovation’
Groundbreaking scientific innovations from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory received four of this year’s R&D 100 Awards, known as the “Oscars of Innovation,” on June 20. Read More…
Local radio station sends out recall ballot after lengthy delay
After an almost seven month delay, ballots were sent out Thursday to Berkeley-based radio station KPFA’s staff and members to vote on the recall of one of the station’s local board members. Read More…
Names of officers involved in UC Davis pepper spray incident will be released
Following months of controversy surrounding the identities of the police officers who were involved in the Nov. 18 pepper spray incident at UC Davis, it has been determined that the names of these police officers will be released to the public. On Tuesday, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Evelio Grillo Read More…
UC Berkeley junior to participate in Olympic torch relay in England
Rather than spending his free time sampling bangers and mash in a pub or snapping pictures from the London Eye, a UC Berkeley junior will be visiting England this summer with a much more unique itinerary. Nineteen-year-old Fremont native Kylan Nieh, who will be a junior at UC Berkeley this Read More…