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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Report says college degrees pay off regardless of major

Despite rising levels of total student debt over the past 10 years, better employment prospects and higher income enable most university students to pay off their loans, according to a report published last Monday by the Public Policy Institute of California. Read More…

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
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Researchers enlist public to sort more than 1 million bugs online

Calbug, a project initiated by UC Berkeley’s Essig Museum of Entomology to digitize insect specimens, will employ volunteer archivists to catalog and sort through more than one million samples. Read More…

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

ACLS fellowships help UC Berkeley support humanities

This fall, UC Berkeley will hire three new professors and offer eight new fellowships to graduate students with funding from the American Council for Learned Societies (ACLS). Read More…

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Monday, May 27, 2013

More than 500 researchers present Brown with statement outlining environmental threats

More than 500 researchers and scientists from 44 different countries presented Governor Jerry Brown with a consensus statement outlining eminent environmental issues on Thursday. Read More…

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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Study finds disproportionate minority populations in heat-prone areas

African Americans, Asians and Hispanics are more likely to experience extreme heat waves because of where they live, according to researchers at UC Berkeley. Read More…

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Monday, May 6, 2013

UC Berkeley study reveals health concerns with lipstick usage

Long-term exposure to the heavy metals found in commonly used cosmetics can cause adverse health effects, according to a new study by UC Berkeley researchers. Read More…

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Sunday, May 5, 2013

Berkeley professors explore gravity’s effects on antimatter

Antimatter opposes matter in many ways — but could that include gravity as well? Researchers at UC Berkeley are conducting experiments to see whether antimatter, which is made of antiparticles that have the same masses but opposite charges as particles of ordinary matter, can defy gravity. Joel Fajans, a professor Read More…

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Research shows people believe morally tainted money holds less value

Recent research conducted by a UC Berkeley graduate student may shed light on the psychological motivations behind the ASUC Senate’s vote to pass SB 160 – a measure that divested the ASUC from companies affiliated with the Israeli military. Read More…

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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Professors Frances Hellman, Alison Gopnik, Jitendra Malik, Susan Marqusee, David Miller, Hitoshi Murayama, Pamela Samuelson, Ann Swidler, T. Don Tilley and Bin Yu were all recognized in a wide variety of fields and will now have a lifetime membership in the academy.

10 campus professors inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced on Wednesday that 10 UC Berkeley professors are among 198 distinguished scholars to be inducted for 2013.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
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UC Berkeley researchers explore search mechanism of human brains

The inner workings of the brain remain largely a mystery to neuroscientists, even with significant advances in the field over the last decade. However, a new discovery from UC Berkeley may help scientists understand one of the brain’s most important functions: its search mechanism. A recent study published April 21 Read More…

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