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Monday, August 2, 2021

UC Berkeley collaborates in launching of national AI optimization institute

(Pixabay License: https://pixabay.com/service/license/) The National AI Institute for Advances in Optimization aims to combine artificial intelligence technology with optimization to create a more reliable and efficient energy system.

The National Science Foundation, or NSF, approved UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech and the University of Southern California to launch an institute with goals to fuse artificial intelligence, or AI, with optimization.
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Research & Ideas

Monday, August 2, 2021

Majority of CA voters believe gun control stops crime, UC Berkeley poll finds

In light of increasing crime rates across the United States, 56% of California voters believe that restricting the sale and possession of guns can reduce crime in their community, according to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, poll published Thursday.
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Campus

Monday, August 2, 2021

UC Berkeley School of Public Health student Laura Diaz named a ‘Student of the Year’ by Esri Innovation Program

UC Berkeley School of Public Health student Laura Diaz has been named a “Student of the Year” by the Esri Innovation Program.
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Research & Ideas

Sunday, August 1, 2021

Musical artist Suzanne Ciani feeds deepfake program below Morrison Hall

Deep below Morrison Hall, quadraphonic artist Suzanne Ciani sat in a soundproof recording studio reciting strings of non sequiturs with varying intonations to train a deepfake program.
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Friday, July 30, 2021

UC Berkeley ranked 2nd-most progressive college in US

Out of the 40 universities in the United States that were included in the ranking, campus only fell behind Stanford University with a score of 73.4.
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Campus, Outside 2021

Thursday, July 29, 2021

‘Universally therapeutic’: Outdoors foster positive mental health outcomes

Alienor Baskevitch is enthralled by the outdoors — the sun, the air and being surrounded by flora and fauna brings her unfiltered, anxiety-free joy.
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Thursday, July 29, 2021

Generous donation allows UC Berkeley Center for Law Energy & the Environment to explore solutions

UC Berkeley’s Center for Law Energy & the Environment, or CLEE, received the first installment of a $100,000 donation from campus alumnus Stuart Gardiner, the gift going to the exploration of ideas that could help in combating climate change.
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Thursday, July 29, 2021

CA voters ‘most likely to vote’ closely divided on Newsom recall, UC Berkeley study suggests

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s recall election is much closer among voters considered most likely to participate than among the general electorate, according to a Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, or IGS, report released Tuesday.
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Outside 2021, Research & Ideas

Thursday, July 29, 2021

UC Berkeley professors discuss environmental impacts of COVID-19

At the start of the pandemic, as cities implemented lockdowns, there were dramatic reductions in air pollution and carbon emissions due to the closing of transportation and manufacturing, according to Alastair Iles, campus associate professor of environmental policy and societal change.
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Campus, Outside 2021

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Looking at how UC Berkeley takes out its trash, plants its trees

At the start of almost every morning, long before students begin to enter campus, UC Berkeley gets cleaned.
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