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A UC Berkeley study of the full genomes of 18 species of penguins published Monday provides new insights regarding their origins and evolution, and how they will deal with climate change.
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Jessie Atterholt, lead author of the study, began research on the fossils as a graduate student. In 1992, Howard Hutchison, a retired research paleontologist, discovered the fossils while undergoing fieldwork in southern Utah. The area where the fossil was found is a series of deeply eroded, steep, rugged badlands called “The Blues” in the northern part of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument.
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UC Berkeley ranked #6 in the Times Higher Education World Reputation rankings—a list compiled based on research and teaching quality—for the seventh year in a row.
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While week two designates that the semester is well underway for the greater UC Berkeley population, there are many who are taking their studies abroad this semester. However, going abroad for an entire semester, or even a year, means that you have to face some struggles of your own –
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UC President Janet Napolitano and the 10 UC chancellors sent a letter to members of the California congressional delegation Thursday, urging them to work with Congress to repeal sequestration.
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Without a spending bill to fund government operations, the National Science Foundation ran out of funds for the U.S. Antarctic Program about Monday, forcing a delay on the work of many campus researchers.
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