Researchers found that the parasite, toxoplasma gondii, permanently affects the brains and behavioral patterns of rodents. The parasite removed mice’ innate aversion to and fear of cats even four months after the infection cleared. Read More…
UC Berkeley retained its fifth-place position in Washington Monthly’s national university ranking released Monday. Read More…
UC Berkeley placed third in the Academic Ranking of World Universities out of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Read More…
At their meeting on Tuesday, the UC Board of Regents decided to increase funding to repair campus apartments at UC Santa Cruz as well as a plan to increase funding for an expansion of hospital facilities at UC San Diego Health System. Read More…
Albert Pisano, a distinguished professor of mechanical engineering for 30 years at the Berkeley campus, will become dean of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering September 1. Read More…
This page will aggregate all the decisions made by the UC Board of Regents at their meeting scheduled for July 16th-18th. Read More…
The ASUC Senate has elected to revisit one of UC Berkeley’s most contentious issues with the introduction of a bill that calls for the divestment of all ASUC and UC funds from Israel. Read More…
According to a recent study co-authored by UC Berkeley researchers that examined the DNA of salamanders, North and South America joined much earlier than previously thought — over 20 million years earlier. Read More…
Israel-related divestment is once again a pressing issue in the UC system. But this time, student governments at campuses other than UC Berkeley are the ones addressing the topic — so far. UC Riverside’s student government recently passed a resolution calling on the university to divest from companies with ties Read More…
UC Riverside’s student government passed a resolution Wednesday night asking the University of California to divest from Israeli companies. Read More…