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A $10 million donation from Pioneer Material Precision Tech, or PMP Tech, will fund the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry’s construction of Heathcock Hall.
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After becoming eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination, 93-year-old Marie Kolstad tried to schedule an appointment for days but faced challenges with the online process. When Kolstad asked her neighbor Erin Kraemer for help, Kraemer noted the need to address technological barriers for specific communities acquiring the vaccine.
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After 70 years of facing challenges to studying actinide elements due to their scarcity and radioactivity, researchers can now analyze and image these elements in nanogram amounts using regular equipment.
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Sammy Raucher, a UC Berkeley sophomore, is running independently for ASUC Senate on a platform centered around uplifting the queer/trans people of color, or QTPOC, community and promoting external advocacy, as well as improving accessibility and accountability in academics.
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As California moves along its COVID-19 vaccination process, a panel of experts clarified the process and answered common questions about vaccines.
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With about a quarter of UC Berkeley students seeking basic needs assistance, campus and student organizations have worked to address student food insecurity, among other concerns.
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Students and community members spoke Monday in protest of campus plans to build housing on People’s Park.
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Chemistry professor Daniel Neumark honored his Doctor of Philosophy advisor, Nobel laureate and professor emeritus Yuan Tseh Lee by establishing a lectureship with an inaugural gift to UC Berkeley.
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Clean AIR Berkeley created a petition in January calling for regulations on air pollution from Berkeley Asphalt after residents complained of sulfur-like odors.
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For Kyra Swenson, an infant and childhood educator, returning to work during the COVID-19 pandemic was not an option. She added that she felt unsafe in the classroom due to insufficient public health guidance.
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