Miguel Altieri

Oxford Tract stakeholders met Thursday night to discuss the potential development of student housing on what is currently the Oxford Tract, announced by the campus housing task force in January.

While some figures, such as President-elect Donald Trump, celebrated the passing of the figure synonymous to many with communist ideology, others expressed different sentiments — such as Miguel Altieri, a campus professor of agroecology, who said he felt “very saddened” to hear about Castro’s passing.

For over a decade, GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, have been a point of contention among scientists and citizens alike. While many criticize the technology as potentially harmful to health and environment, others, like UC Berkeley scientist George Chuck, see genetic engineering as the answer to many of the world’s most pressing problems.

After months of conflict regarding the usage of the Gill Tract, community members and UC Berkeley professor Miguel Altieri came together Saturday to begin a community participatory research project testing agroecological methods.

For more than 30 years, UC Berkeley has been at the forefront of GMO research and development. Many faculty members have been divided between work to bring genetically modified products to the marketplace and attempts to challenge their dispersal in the environment.

Stanford University nutritionists released findings that showed nonorganically raised fruits, vegetables, animals and animal products are no less nutritious than organic foods and that they did not have significantly higher pesticide residues.

Damon Lisch, a researcher in the College of Natural Resources, was granted $1.3 million out of $3.4 million to conduct research on epigenetics using corn.