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Elections 2020

Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Ana Vasudeo campaigns for Berkeley school board

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Ana Vasudeo — a local mother, first-generation graduate from Cornell University and strong advocate for closing the achievement gap — is running for the 2020 board of Berkeley Unified School District.
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Research & Ideas

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Researchers examine financial, academic impacts of online instruction in STEM programs

In a study published April 8, researchers found that compared to in-person instruction, online education platforms could be used to increase enrollment in STEM programs at a lower cost.
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Research & Ideas

Thursday, April 9, 2020

UC Berkeley researchers find determinant of butterflies’ coloring

By looking at blue butterflies, UC Berkeley researchers found that certain structures affected by a specific gene in butterflies’ wings determine their color.
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Obituary

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

‘Intellectually fearless’: Former UC Berkeley professor emeritus, cancer cell biologist Harry Rubin dies at 93

UC Berkeley professor emeritus of molecular and cell biology Harry Rubin, who was a pioneer in conducting cancer cell biology research, died Feb. 2 at the age of 93.
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Notes from the Field

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Introducing Berkeley Forum’s fall 2019 speaker lineup

From a Democratic presidential candidate to the vice president of BART District 3, the Berkeley Forum’s fall 2019 speaker lineup is bringing to campus a mixture of international perspectives and ones close to home.
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Campus

Sunday, August 26, 2018

UC Berkeley climbs Forbes ranking as best US public university

According to the new Forbes America’s Top Colleges 2018 list, UC Berkeley ranked as the No. 1 public school in the nation.
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Campus

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Education as a ‘public good’: UC Berkeley offers Data 8 course for free online

Data 8X, the course’s online equivalent, is free to audit, but students must pay in order to take exams and receive a certificate. This certification, however, will likely not transfer as academic credit or satisfy the data science major requirement, according to Cathryn Carson, the faculty lead of the Data Science Education Program.
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Election 2016 Retrospective Issue, Features

Sunday, November 5, 2017

The burden of representation

At the hub of modern college activism, Cal student-athletes are afraid to speak out. Why?

629 days before Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the national anthem on a late summer night last year, Mikayla Cowling pulled out her phone and opened up Twitter.
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Campus

Sunday, June 18, 2017

UC Berkeley ranks No. 6 in World Reputation Rankings

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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Innovation 2017

Friday, May 26, 2017

Democratization of data science and emergence of citizen scientists

The emerging trend of cheap, widely available analytical tools has led to a “democratization” of data science and the rise of the so-called citizen scientist.
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