Open access publishing could end academic elitism in science
Emily Bi/Senior Staff
The privatization of academic publishing has perpetuated social inequality by historically deterring disadvantaged universities from accessing research.
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UC Berkeley faculty discuss data science, computing in response to COVID-19
UC Berkeley faculty members from various disciplines participated in a virtual roundtable discussion Tuesday to discuss the current state of research on COVID-19, colloquially known as the coronavirus.
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Gene mutation made with CRISPR leads to higher mortality rates, UC Berkeley study finds
Chinese scientist He Jiankui genetically mutated twins born last year to be resistant to HIV infection through the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology — however, according to an analysis released June 3 by UC Berkeley researchers, this mutation also comes with a 21 percent increase in mortality later in life.
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Science should be nonpartisan, inform government policy
Science must be nonpartisan and tangibly inform political decision making. Scientists of both parties are obligated to model the nonpartisan nature of science, to ensure that these decisions are made with bipartisan engagement and uncompromised scientific support.
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Politicians of the past: Dianne Feinstein and Nancy Pelosi navigate through the era of Trump
Are Feinstein and Pelosi well-equipped to handle this new age of the unknown? Or is it time for a new generation of political leaders to step in?
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Former chancellor Nicholas Dirks to be paid $434K by campus while on leave
Former chancellor Nicholas Dirks will be paid $434,000 by UC Berkeley through the next academic year, more than 80 percent of his pay as the campus’s former top administrator — even though Dirks will not return to teaching on campus until fall 2018.
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UC Berkeley genetics professor to run for US Senate in 2018
Registering the Twitter handle @SenatorPhD and championing the campaign slogan “Liberty, Equality, Reality,” campus professor of molecular and cell biology Michael Eisen announced his bid in January to run for US senator in 2018.
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Department of Energy to launch free database of federally funded research
Starting this fall, all scientific papers funded by the the U.S. Department of Energy will be made free to the public a year after publication.
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Bipartisan spending bill promotes open access, repeals sequestration
The omnibus spending bill, passed by Congress in mid-January, officially withdraws what would have been a second round of cuts mandated by last year’s sequester — the budget plan that drained billions of dollars from government programs and, in turn, $370 million from the University of California’s research pool.
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Free Law Project provides access to legal materials and research for public
The Free Law Project, a new California nonprofit, will provide free and easy access to legal material and research for anyone to download. The nonprofit seeks to organize and distribute U.S. court opinions to the public.
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