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Scanning the Milky Way for beacons of civilization

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Nine young faculty named 2020 Sloan Fellows

Chancellor Carol Christ: Why we denamed Boalt Hall

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5 Berkeley SkyDeck startups that might change the way we live

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Coronavirus: Fear of Asians rooted in long American history of prejudicial policies

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Berkeley Talks: Denise Herd and Waldo Martin on Berkeley’s ‘400 Years’ initiative

“The power to control our species’ genetic future is awesome and terrifying. Deciding how to handle it may be the biggest challenge we have ever faced.”
Professor Jennifer Doudna, co-inventor of CRISPR-Cas9

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The inauguration of Clark Kerr, Photo © UC Regents

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First chancellor of UC Berkeley, Clark Kerr

Clark Kerr becomes the first chancellor of UC Berkeley after a systemwide decision that each campus would have its own. In his tenure, Kerr began planning space that would become the…

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