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Following the historic confirmation of Haas School of Business professor emerita Janet Yellen last month, the U.S. Senate confirmed former Goldman School of Public Policy professor Jennifer Granholm as the U.S. Secretary of Energy on Thursday.
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Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and the detection of new variants of the virus on campus, the Innovative Genomics Institute, or IGI, at UC Berkeley aims to sequence viral genomes to improve student safety.
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Amid a surge of COVID-19 cases on campus and across the state of California, UC Berkeley announced Thursday that two students tested positive for the coronavirus variant that was first detected in the United Kingdom.
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A study by UC Berkeley and Google researchers found that across various cultures, people express similar facial expressions in specific social situations, such as protests, weddings and funerals.
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Rep. Barbara Lee was chosen by UC Berkeley’s graduating class to give the keynote speech at the 2020 winter commencement.
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UC President Michael Drake announced Monday that each UC campus will create a pandemic relief fund to minimize layoffs related to COVID-19.
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A UC Berkeley study showed a significant drop in carbon dioxide emissions in the Bay Area due to shelter-in-place orders brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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After a concerted effort to increase diversity for the UC Berkeley 2020-21 incoming class, campus admitted its most ethnically diverse class in more than 30 years and has seen an increase in first-generation students from last year.
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In an effort to help underrepresented students at UC Berkeley, Robert and Colleen Haas recently donated $24 million to two scholarship programs.
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Three UC Berkeley students are COVID-19 positive after having been tested before moving into campus residence halls from Aug. 20 to Aug. 23, according to a UC Berkeley news article.
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