Berkeley in the News Archive

Previous issues of Berkeley in the News are archived below. Past issues include summaries of the stories from that day as well as links to each story and source publication.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Berkeley-MIT project takes behavioral approach to study of energy efficiency, Berkeley center to help CPUC job training for green economy shift, Syngenta targets researchers in defense of atrazine, Professor Mason on parenting and sexism in the Ivory Tower
Monday, June 17, 2013
Jacobs Foundation gives $20 million to engineering, 87 years of ROTC at Berkeley, Professor Brenner on the coming genome leak
Friday, June 14, 2013
College of Engineering receives $20 million gift for design innovation center, EBI announces first patent, Professor Tyson on how the U.S. can get more for its education buck
Thursday, June 13, 2013
Professor Yablonovitch honored, Study finds clean air regulations very effective, New hope for certain types of blindness
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Virus delivers gene therapy to retina, Student writes about women who are denied abortions, Tom Klatt discusses tree removal plan
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
New prototype memory device can be read with flash of light, The risks of overconfidence, Professor Reich signs education declaration for progressive school reform
Monday, June 10, 2013
Professor Garbelotto advocates "citizen basic science", Professor Reich on misplaced jubilation, Professor Moretti on how SF rental market could be improved
Friday, June 7, 2013
UC scientists inspired by nature in technological breakthroughs, New insight into old concrete, Berkeley student to be next student regent
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Chancellor's fund helps 11 community projects, Fighting gender inequity on campus, Researchers Max Moritz and Bill Stewart discuss the fire season, Staff celebration next week
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Lizard king B. morrisoni indicates reptiles could get bigger with climate change, New insight from old concrete, Student Victoria Hu's efforts pay off
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
New collaboration tackles cyber-engineering, Bioengineers create light-controlled gel, Wagging tail helps robot make sharp turns
Monday, June 3, 2013
Sport for blind extended to sighted students, Big Data conference on campus, Gown lending program serves 100
Friday, May 31, 2013
Molecules imaged in throes of chemical reactions, Berkeley ranks high for recruiting disadvantaged students, Student golfer Max Homa wins individual NCAA title
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Chancellor praised for lifting campus reputation, Genes and altitude adaptation, Earthquake early warning bill goes to assembly
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Shape-shifting hydrogel bends in response to light, 3D printing machine on campus, New LHS exhibit lets children solve problems like engineers
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Calbug program seeks volunteers, Music and color associations cross cultures, Undocumented Student Program profiled
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Gown-lending program initiated for low-income students, Foreign technology graduates discuss expectations, Scientists join governor in call for action on climate change, Breastfeeding Neanderthals
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Professors DeLong and Ellwood on reducing the debt burden, String theory and Boltzmann brains
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Governor Brown's commencement address, Mysteries of bubbles, Thanks for just doing your job
Monday, May 20, 2013
Steve Wozniak and Governor Brown give commencement addresses, Study evaluates password strength meters, Emotions match colors to music across different cultures
Friday, May 17, 2013
Music and color associations common across cultures, Minority communities more vulnerable to heat risk, Tobacco being developed as a source for biofuel, Summer plans for Telegraph Avenue
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Inequality of tree cover puts low-income neighborhoods at risk, Notable Zimbabwean student set to graduate, Sad music for Professor Marcy
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Inexpensive device can detect internal bleeding, Professor Roberts to aid lab safety study, Business school's Student Always program fits mission
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Student Ritankar Das named University Medalist, Fostering student entrepreneurs, Magnetar found by black hole in Milky Way
Monday, May 13, 2013
Congresswoman Lee honors Chancellor Birgeneau, Ritankar Das named University Medalist, Attorney General Holder delivers law school's commencement address
Friday, May 10, 2013
Mathematicians solve bubble problem, How brains manage motion perception, Hackers tap computer cameras and microphones
Thursday, May 9, 2013
How the brain tracks fast-moving objects, Steve Wozniak to give commencement address, Good news for disabled students
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
UC lifts health insurance limits for students, Agreement will improve disabled students' access to library collections and textbooks, How the brain tracks fast-moving objects
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Professors Frenkel and Wu defend Common Core State Standards, Alum George Horse Capture dies
Monday, May 6, 2013
Students research exhibit on faculty who escaped Nazi-occupied Europe, Study finds contaminants in lipstick
Friday, May 3, 2013
Sign Language class attracts enthusiastic students, Professors Olney and Tyson on the economic recovery, Chancellor abandons SHIP
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Lipsticks found to contain metals, Scientific "data hole" caused by fear of Somali pirates, Affordable Care Act could backfire on part-time workers
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Testing antimatter's response to gravity, A searching mind, Seeking funding for Richard Allen's early earthquake warning system
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Students test sport played by visually impaired and non-impaired, Planning a drop-test for antimatter, Questioning the theory of time, Engineering fuel from tobacco
Monday, April 29, 2013
Chemist Arlene Blum profiled, Professor Bea on the faulty Bay Bridge bolts, Professor Weisselberg on Miranda Rights
Friday, April 26, 2013
Chancellor Birgeneau interviewed, Undocumented scholar Terrence Park profiled, 10 faculty members named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Online edX classes analyze usability, Early warning quake system research advances, Research on poor sleep strains relationships
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Building an artifical leaf, Panel speculates on how hot climate could get, Good drones, Professors Akerlof and Romer discuss the cat in the tree
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Cal Day attracts an estimated 45,000 people, Professors Gallant and Ngai on their brain mapping research, Professor Gopnik's study of play, A new app for Sudden Oak Death mapping
Monday, April 22, 2013
How the brain assembles a search party, Study highlights income inequality ambivalence, Professor Bea on the Deepwater Horizon spill three years later
Friday, April 19, 2013
Campus celebrates Cal Day tomorrow, Campus bomb threat dismissed as not credible, Margo Bennett named new campus chief of police
Thursday, April 18, 2013
UC accepts fewer Californians, Students pass divestment resolution, Professor Bedolla on the immigration plan
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Berkeley ranks 2nd for happiest freshmen, NASA gives Space Sciences Lab $200 million to build weather satellite, The benefits of good stress
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Professor Nacht on the Boston bombings, Cal researchers link flame retardants with health risks, Unemployment benefits should encourage mobility, Isiah Thomas to receive his master's
Monday, April 15, 2013
Citizen scientists help track sudden oak death, Berkeley firmly ensconced in virtually unchanged global ranking, The search for a new UC president
Friday, April 12, 2013
Berkeley report calls for stronger fracking regulations, Study on entrepreneurs and investors highlighted as great reads, Jewish Studies program grows
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Professor Keasling's breakthrough, Texas Instruments Electronics Design Lab opens, Student veteran Dave Smith interviewed, A new look for Cal athletics
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
City-wide disaster drill planned for April 27, The evolving face of research on campus, Changing passwords to “passthoughts”
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Engineering professor Steven Glaser profiled, Maven spaceship on track for November launch, Cherry tree grove dedicated to alumni of Japanese ancestry,
Monday, April 8, 2013
Climate change could alter tropical rain patterns, Professor Keasling profiled, Professor Card finds economic impact from locations of colleges, Professor Kirp on what makes a school district thrive
Friday, April 5, 2013
Neurscience research on the brain's viual system, Excerpt from Professor Kip's book on education reform, Cal Women's basketball team goes to NCAA with confidence
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Brain mapping projects on Obama's radar with the Neuroscience Institute, CITRIS conduct joint research project on major urban centers, BPA study finds toxins in pregnant women
April 3, 2013
UC Berkeley, UCSF, Stanford researchers all in for Obama's brain-mapping initiative; UC Berkeley Seeks China Gold; Stanford to join Harvard, MIT in developing nonprofit computer system for free online courses; Reception welcomes chancellor-designate of University of California, Berkeley;
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Study shows HIV prevention program pays to pay, Psychologists study show that moms less likey to be the CEO, Obit, Professor John Gumperz, sociolinguist, Recent court case on the digital music rights infringes on copyrights by record companies.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Proven research shows highway smog to cause birth defects, Cognitive research on early development minds of the child, Editorial on "hould I get an MBA?", Biological disease detecting computer
Thursday, March 28, 2013
Incoming Chancellor Dirks gets his feet wet on campus, Girl hit by arrow recovering, Voting studies
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Professor Barnosky and the "tipping point" debate, Tim White in the Rift Valley of Africa, Dreambox introduced on campus, Voter registration study yields surprises
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Professor Goldberg's earthwork, The internationalization of education, Librarians and MOOCs
Monday, March 25, 2013
Executive Leadership Academy helps further multicultural advancement in academia, Peach genome informs biofuel quest
Friday, March 22, 2013
Heat map of the universe as an infant, SandBot runs over sand, Professor Tetlock's approach to predicting the future
Thursday, March 21, 2013
President Obama gives women's basketball team a boost, Mindfulness conference a hit, Helping humanities students plan their careers
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Professors Crawford and Madsen join FDA petition on caffeine, Graduate students alert T-Mobile of security flaw, Construction projects campuswide
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Terrence Park and the plight of undocumented students, Online certificate programs increasingly popular, Lighting the Future for Rural Ugandans
Monday, March 18, 2013
Salamanders show North and South America joined earlier, Fluorescence indicates coral health, Women in the workplace
Friday, March 15, 2013
High expectations for next UC system president, Legislators advised to visit Berkeley, Alumni start ecological toothbrush venture
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Five faculty to receive Distinguished Teaching Awards, Allen Crabbe named Pac-12 Player of the Year, Fluorescent light indicates coral health
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Americans found less religious than ever, Plan for high-tech ID card abandoned, Researchers find 25 countries using spyware on citizens
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Berkeley scores well in latest U.S. News & World Report ranking of graduate programs, Berkeley alumni earn highest median salary among flagship schools, Brain Activity Map project proposed
Monday, March 11, 2013
Professors Yelick and Hoffman highlighted as exception women in the STEM fields, Overestimating conservatism, Professor Nacht discusses tension around the world
Friday, August 21, 2012
Berkeley-Field poll shows many voters undecided about tax and campaign finance inititives, Professor Tyson on income inequality and educational opportunity, Berkeleyans watch Endeavor fly over campus
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Poll shows voters increasingly undecided on tax measures, Predicted consequences of a Prop. 30 failure, Website promotes Prop. 30 awareness
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
East-West culture clash confirmed, Study highlights contradiction in policies on sugary drinks, International conference takes on population growth
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Sandy Barbour and the post-Title IX NCAA, Prop. 30 website tracks social influence, Professor Bea continues Katrina testimony
Monday, September 17, 2012
Investing in public universities, New mentoring program will guide women into scientific careers, Study finds Bay Area transport systems most- and least-efficient
Friday, September 14, 2012
Cubesat with Berkeley project launched, QB3 exceeds goals for first year, New life for Solyndra tubes at the campus botanical garden
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Campus pays tribute to Ambassador Stevens, Professor Keasling wins Heinz Award, Professor Kammen joins discussion of wind energy
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Slain ambassador was an alum, Professor Keasling and alum Mason Bates win Heinz Awards, Using MOOCs to aid transfer students
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Study highlights strengths of Mexican moms, Computer model provides breakthrough in carbon capture, The sounds of smog
Monday, September 10, 2012
Welcoming transfer students, CALcierge helps new faculty, New York architect wins Berkeley-Rupp Prize, Collaborating for peace and quiet in campus neighborhoods
Friday, September 23, 2011
Students protest tuition increases, Researchers discover way to revitalize muscle tissue, Evolution of orchid and orchid bee parsed, genetic analysis finds two mass migrations from Africa
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Brain scans show movie scenes, National Science Foundation grants for Professors Beissinger & Brashares, Cal Performances' Free for All this weekend
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Alumni freed in Iran, UC awards "Valley of death" grants, Economic benefits of clean-tech investment
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Early earthquake warning system tested, Study finds fault with California English proficiency test, Lost WPA art by Cal professor found
Monday, September 19, 2011
Insight into tinnitus could lead to treatment, Diagnosing disease through tear drops, Journalism students launch online food magazine, Jennifer Granholm profiled
Friday, September 16, 2011
Regents seek alternatives to routine tuition increases, Operation Excellence in progress, Malaria drug closer to market, Tatooine-like planet discovered
Thursday, September 15, 2011
New BAM/PFA plan pleases, In-law units for affordable housing, Part II of the Dream Act pending
Thursday, September 23, 2010
A new round of budget cuts, Secretary of State Clinton launches alliance for clean stoves, Berkeley's school lunch initiative works
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Exoskeletons help paraplegics walk, Professor Rine on 'smart cell' research team, Students express disappointment in Dream Act failure
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
DREAM Act going for a vote on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Illegal Flash Cookies draw lawsuits against media & tech companies, Controversial gene testing, reflections from UC Berkeley geneticist
Monday, September 20, 2010
Cuts to Cal athletics considered, Wallace & Gromit animators inspired by CellScope, Professor Tsui's triumph
Friday, September 17, 2010
Cal Performances' "Free for All," Alzheimer's drug may help healthy adults, Absent fathers linked to earlier puberty for girls
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Professor Litwack on free speech and the Constitution, Cost cutting vs. innovation, Cal again ranks among global top ten
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Editorial on detained hikers, Athletics committee submits recommendations, Professor Hood profiled
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Campus prepares for walkout, Professor Keasling and the evolution of synthetic biology
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Cal scientists Maneesh Agrawala and Lin He receive MacArthur fellowships, Professor Majumdar receives DOE appointment, Great benefits found in postmenopausal exercise
Monday, September 21, 2009
Protest of budget cuts addressed to legislators, Professor Lakoff's plan to abolish two-thirds vote, Voice of "The Play" inducted into Radio Hall of Fame
Friday, September 18, 2009
Editorial suggests tier tuition, Study shows filtered water benefits certain groups, Curbing the spread of swine flu
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Protest and resignation for proposed fee increases, Research administration consolidated, Nonprofit corporation to oversee Cal endowment
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Faculty, students, and staff plan walkout; Heinz awards for Professors Gadgil and Smith; SETI turns 50
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Professors Gadgil and Smith honored, Birds relocate due to climate change, Universities sign compact for open access in publishing