UC Berkeley alumnus and longtime Berkeley resident found dead in Oakland
The body of a deceased male Oakland resident suffering from apparent stab wounds was found by Oakland Police Department officers last Thursday morning. Read More…
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Vending of new partner’s drinks begins at UC Berkeley
Though a new beverage contract with PepsiCo Inc. has yet to be signed, the campus has recently begun to sell the company’s products with the expectation of signing a contract in the near future. The campus’s prior contract with Coca-Cola Co. expired Aug. 3 after a 10-year term, but campus Read More…
Scientists trap antiatoms for as long as 1,000 seconds
A group of physicists, including several at UC Berkeley, announced Sunday that they have been able to trap antimatter atoms for as long as 1,000 seconds — nearly four orders of magnitude longer than they had previously been able to achieve. Published online in the journal Nature Physics, the study Read More…
Disapproval of Memorial Stadium construction continues
With the new Student-Athlete High Performance Center set to open in a few weeks, members of the Berkeley community voiced their concern with the entire Memorial Stadium construction process at Tuesday night’s public hearing to discuss the project’s Environmental Impact Report. The performance center — a project estimated to cost Read More…
Study finds human auditory system more intricate than previously presumed
A UC Berkeley graduate student’s ongoing research on the human auditory system has given more insight into how the system is wired — that it is made of a network of volume settings that can selectively silence and amplify the sounds people make and hear. Previously, scientists believed the auditory Read More…
Community members raise concern over equal representation in city redistricting
As Berkeley’s redistricting process continues to advance, concern has been raised about whether the rules established in the city charter affect equal representation of minority voters and therefore violate the federal Voting Rights Act, though city officials said there are no credible claims yet. Students and redistricting campaign coordinators spoke Read More…
Regents appoint new provost for UC system
The UC Board of Regents voted Tuesday to appoint Aimée Dorr, current dean of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, as the new UC provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Dorr will receive an annual salary of $350,000. Read More…
UC Berkeley to compete for energy research grant
As part of an international research initiative, UC Berkeley will be one of five universities eligible to apply for about $10 million in grants set aside for energy research in the United States. Along with the California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University and the University of Read More…
Naturalists launch amphibian website
Social media — the face of a changing culture where a YouTube video can start sweeping revolutions — could also be the savior of some of the oldest animals in the world: amphibians. A collaboration between AmphibiaWeb — a comprehensive database of the 6,814 known species of amphibians — organizations Read More…
Detained hikers still await verdict
Though more than a week has passed since their trial date, two UC Berkeley alumni who have been detained in Iran for more than two years are still waiting for their verdict. UC Berkeley alumni Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal stood trial in Iran’s Revolutionary Court last Sunday after their Read More…