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UC Berkeley alumna Sally Floyd, a computer scientist known for her work on congestion control, died Aug. 25 at age 69, leaving behind her wife Carole Leita.
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced an interference between multiple UC and multiple Broad Institute patents, a signal that the USPTO will resolve the seven-year ownership debate regarding CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in eukaryotic cells.
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On April 23, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued UC Berkeley its fourth patent for CRISPR Cas-9, a revolutionary gene-editing technology.
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UC Berkeley ranked fifth on Forbes’ 2019 list of best-value colleges, again surpassing both Stanford University and Harvard University.
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In its search for strong community engagement, the Berkeley Unified School District board named Brent Stephens as the final candidate for superintendent Tuesday.
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Brent Stephens is set to become the next superintendent of the Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, pending approval from the BUSD board May 8.
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The U.S. Department of Justice exposed the largest known college admissions bribery scheme in United States history. And while the actions brought to light by this investigation are illegal, this scam is symptomatic of a much larger problem of inequity in academia and education.
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This year’s recipients — Courtney Dressing, Shirshendu Ganguly, Moritz Hardt, Sergey Levine, Priya Moorjani, Philipp Strack and Gabriel Zucman — are among 126 scholars from 57 universities in the United States and Canada. The recipients will receive $70,000 over the course of two years toward a research project.
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This lawsuit comes amid a federal lawsuit against Harvard University, which is similarly accused of discriminating against Asian American students in its admissions practices.
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