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Universities and colleges switched to remote learning with the spread of the coronavirus, raising concerns regarding instructors’ ability to record meetings without the consent of students.
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As of 5:30 p.m. Friday, the campus learned of two additional confirmed COVID-19, or the coronavirus, cases involving UC Berkeley community members, according to a Berkeley News press release.
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Here’s what we know about the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley’s campus response to COVID-19, more colloquially known as coronavirus.
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UC Berkeley researchers and their collaborators found hundreds of relatively large viruses with genome sizes thought to only be characteristic of living organisms.
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A recently published study about the archaeological site Cahokia challenges the narrative around the ancient city’s decline and abandonment.
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UC Berkeley professor of mechanical engineering Oliver O’Reilly and campus graduate mechanical engineering student Nathaniel Goldberg constructed a model showing changes in the shape of spaghetti after it is placed in water, which could help researchers create more human-like robots.
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Barrows Hall has lost power, and the surrounding area has been temporarily closed, according to an email from UCPD released Wednesday evening.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 328 into law Oct. 13, requiring many California middle and high schools to start classes later in the morning.
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In response to PG&E’s safety blackouts, campus adjunct professor Alexandra von Meier said neighborhood-sourced power would create a reliable electric grid.
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This month, UC Berkeley scientists genetically modified fruit flies using CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, granting the flies immunity to toxic milkweed and allowing them to use the toxins from the milkweed as a defense mechanism against predators.
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