COVID-19 outbreak halts UC Berkeley research projects, inspires new ones
CDC/Courtesy
The onset of COVID-19 has impacted the campus research community, both halting current projects and spurring new ones.
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And the world went airborne
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Every day is a ping-pong game with my family back in India about whether or not I should decide to hop on a 22-hour direct flight back home because who knows if it is safe to travel?
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Stopping rising superbugs
Slowly, right under our noses, bacteria are becoming resistant to the antibiotics and other medical defenses we’ve developed.
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When women lead
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I am the youngest member of my family of four. For years, I wanted to do exactly what my sister did — wear her clothes, listen to her music, read her books.
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Eat your heart out
Fresh Off the BART
This is the power of breaking bread. It’s why negotiations about everything from business to politics have been done over meals for thousands of years.
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Dissent through dance
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“I can’t; I have practice” is my most common response every spring semester.
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Tall tales of India’s press
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It would be too much to ask that certain events in India not infuriate me — but all I want is to get live, accurate and relevant updates with the same frequency and urgency as I get them in India.
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Protesters oppose Mauna Kea telescope at UC regents meeting
About 80 protesters gathered at a UC Board of Regents meeting Thursday to demand that the UC system divests from the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, project on Mauna Kea — a mountain that is sacred to Native Hawaiians.
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Student organizations rally in support of Kashmir after Indian occupation
A coalition of campus organizations gathered on Sproul Plaza on Wednesday to raise awareness of current government relations between India and Kashmir and to demand the divestment from India by colleges throughout North America.
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ASUC meeting erupts in controversy over resolution regarding India, Kashmir
Wednesday night’s ASUC Senate meeting erupted in controversy, as the ASUC commented on issues regarding India and Kashmir.
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