Eric Rogers

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Research team led by UC Berkeley professor receives $1.7M grant for mosquito migration study

According to John Marshall, UC Berkeley professor and the study's principal investigator, the team's research will help scientists more effectively control mosquito-borne diseases. (Photo by Pratheep P S under CC BY CC0 1.0)

The National Institutes of Health, or NIH, granted researchers from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health $1.7 million to study mosquito migration patterns using genomics.
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California General Elections 2020

Monday, November 2, 2020

The 2016 election still haunts us: A retrospective

While COVID-19 has changed life as we know it, and while four years ago seems like a completely different world, many of the anxieties surrounding the 2020 election are haunted by the spectre of the 2016 election. President Donald Trump clinched an unexpected victory in the election four years ago,
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Research & Ideas

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

UC Berkeley institute to end COVID-19 saliva test trial

UC Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute, or IGI’s, Free Asymptomatic Saliva Test, or FAST, study for COVID-19 will end Thursday after having tested more than 4,800 people, according Jennifer Doudna, president and chair of the IGI governance board
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30 Years of ADA 2020, Student Life

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

UC Berkeley COVID-19 testing facilities pose challenges for some students with disabilities

While many students get tested regularly at UC Berkeley’s University Health Services, or UHS, coronavirus testing facilities, some students with disabilities find it challenging to access these services.
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City

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

League of Women Voters discuss climate change actions in coming election

The League of Women Voters of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville, or LWVBAE, discussed climate change actions in the upcoming election Monday.
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Research & Ideas

Monday, October 5, 2020

UCSF researchers develop artificial antibody that could target COVID-19

Researchers at UCSF found a molecule that can potentially prevent SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, from infecting human cells.
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Research & Ideas

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Campus poll finds most CA Biden supporters are motivated by dislike for Trump

Two-thirds of likely California voters say they will support former vice president Joe Biden in the coming election, according to a recent poll released by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS.
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Research & Ideas

Monday, September 21, 2020

UC Berkeley academic commentary suggests COVID-19 unequally affects disadvantaged communities

In an academic commentary published July, UC Berkeley School of Public Health researchers asserted that the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately infected and killed residents of disadvantaged and racially segregated neighborhoods.
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Career Fair 2020

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Career Fair 2020: Bears for Hire

Like their counterparts around the nation, UC Berkeley students are balancing their education with their professional aspirations. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Bears are still searching for opportunities and their next steps. Starting a career is difficult in the best of times, but now the hiring process has
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Research & Ideas

Sunday, September 13, 2020

CA researchers study Jupiter’s cyclones with Juno spacecraft data

By analyzing Juno spacecraft mission data, researchers at UC Berkeley and California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, were able to uncover previously unsolved principles of fluid motion.
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Eric Rogers

Research team led by UC Berkeley professor receives $1.7M grant for mosquito migration study

The 2016 election still haunts us: A retrospective

UC Berkeley institute to end COVID-19 saliva test trial

UC Berkeley COVID-19 testing facilities pose challenges for some students with disabilities

League of Women Voters discuss climate change actions in coming election

UCSF researchers develop artificial antibody that could target COVID-19

Campus poll finds most CA Biden supporters are motivated by dislike for Trump

UC Berkeley academic commentary suggests COVID-19 unequally affects disadvantaged communities

Career Fair 2020: Bears for Hire

CA researchers study Jupiter’s cyclones with Juno spacecraft data