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Arts & culture

Encores and sold-out performances: The UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra tours Europe

The 10-day tour was a culmination of a year and a half of preparation, including fundraising, logistics and hours upon hours of rehearsals.

UC Berkeley Journalism student Erika Zaro interviews Berkeley education professor Travis Bristol in a studio as journalism professor Shereen Marisol Meraji watches wearing headphones

Politics & society

Berkeley Talks: Berkeley scholars unpack what’s at stake for U.S. democracy

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Humanities

Berserkers to bigfoot: Computational folklore explained in 101 seconds

UC President James B. Milliken stands with arms crossed in a still photo.

Campus & community

Introducing UC President James B. Milliken

Spotlight: Community-Engaged Research

Lisa Garcia Bedolla clip

Watch a professor explain community-engaged research in 101 seconds

A group of students sits in a large yellow disposal bin that is filled with small twigs and branches. The bin is on a hilly street next to a white house.

Wildfire season is here. UC Berkeley scholars are helping Bay Area communities prepare.

Students point toward poster paper on the wall during an exercise about the ways to better understand chronic absenteeism among students.

With high schoolers’ help, UC Berkeley researchers investigate why so many students are chronically absent

Research

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Politics & society

New database makes public 1.5 million pages of once-secret California police records

Built by UC Berkeley and Stanford University, the database will vastly expand public access to records that disclose how law enforcement agencies handle misconduct allegations.

A camera trap photo shows a gray wolf walking along a path in the woods, carrying a small black pup in its mouth.

Research

Pups in tow, Yellowstone-area wolves trek long distances to stay near prey

A Togolese farmer wearing a cap sits among tall corn plants, studying a smart phone, while a young man and a woman work among the plants.

Politics & society

Togo and UC Berkeley: A data science alliance to build a dynamic West African nation

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Research

UC Berkeley engineers develop energy-efficient sensors that work underwater

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Mind & body

Student-led research finds link between ocean swimming and urinary tract infections

Arts & culture

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Three standout stories uncovered by the California Local News Fellowship

A wall in an art exhibition of replicas of many famous artworks, like van Gogh's Sunflowers and da Vinci's Mona Lisa

Is a second ‘Mona Lisa’ still special? What about the thousandth?

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Podcasts

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Berkeley Talks: Economist Gabriel Zucman on the benefits of a (modest) billionaire tax

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Berkeley Talks: How the tobacco industry drove the rise of ultra-processed foods

People

Frank Baxter stands at a UC Berkeley podium.

UC Berkeley mourns the passing of Frank Baxter

Julie A. Lucas

Julie A. Lucas appointed next vice chancellor for University Development and Alumni Relations

Campus & community

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UC Berkeley announces craft beer partnership with Bear Republic Brewing

Students walk under Sather Gate on UC Berkeley's campus.

UC Berkeley extends over 700 additional admission offers to first-year students for fall 2025

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