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UC Berkeley researcher Cara Brook, a specialist in bat-borne viruses, was awarded a $60,000 L’Oréal For Women in Science fellowship.
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The beloved piano located in Sproul Plaza was destroyed, making it the fourth time the campus piano has been vandalized, according to a Saturday Facebook post.
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A study conducted by researchers in the UC Berkeley School of Public Health has found that sending body mass index, or BMI, reports taken at school to parents is ineffective in improving student weight status.
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A petition currently circling is calling for an extension of the UC application deadline from Nov. 30 to Dec. 15 and has garnered nearly 600 signatures as of press time.
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A study by UC Berkeley researchers discovered that zebra finches can quickly memorize the individual sounds of up to 50 other birds of their kind.
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A study led by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health found increasing minimum wage and earned income tax credit, or EITC, can reduce deaths due to suicide, drug overdose and alcohol, known as “deaths of despair.”
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UC Berkeley professor Nikki Jones has been awarded the 2020 W.E.B. DuBois Award for her work in raising awareness for racial and ethic issues in criminology and criminal justice.
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Following multiple reports of bats sustaining injuries or dying during UC Berkeley research, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, alleged that UC Berkeley mistreats bats in animal facilities and called upon campus to switch to safer, human-based research.
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On Thursday, the Berkeley Forum hosted author and UC Berkeley alumna Stephanie Espy for an online discussion on the importance of closing the gender gap in STEM careers.
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UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering announced Saturday that its faculty is recommending the college’s pass/no pass, or P/NP, policy be altered for the academic year.
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