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UC Berkeley Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, co-developer of CRISPR gene-editing technology, reflects on her path to discovery and what makes a good scientist. bit.ly/4yDANyF

UC Berkeley undergraduate Faith Fernandes and structural cell biologist Dr. James Glover recognized among Images of Distinction for Nikon Small World's 2026 Photomicrography Competition for their striking image capturing "Human neurons (differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells)."

John DeNero Ph.D. ‘10 addressed students, parents and alums at UC Berkeley Homecoming, sharing his experiences in designing curriculum and educational support tools for computer and data science students. 🔗 https://bit.ly/3VV20zq ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #CalHC #BerkeleyTime #AI #Education

UC Berkeley engineer (@berkeleyengineer.bsky.social) Evan Variano explains how underwater kites could expand the world’s renewable energy portfolio. bit.ly/4ysUoBv

New research at UC Berkeley found that major California initiatives to improve early-childhood education had a dramatic effect — improving student achievement and narrowing the gap between children from higher-income families and lower-income families. bit.ly/4yGoUbo

Karthik Shekhar, the John F. Heil, Jr. Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and faculty member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley, named recipient of the 2026 Philomathia Prize to advance research into the bioelectric basis of neural activity. gobears.me/4BqQ2xI

UC Berkeley Talmudic culture professor looks to ancient rabbis for answers — and finds ideas about gender that challenge modern assumptions. bit.ly/4jyYjco

UC Berkeley and Dr. Ziad Obermeyer received California Life Sciences' Academic Discovery of the Year Award for #MedicalAI research identifying a deep learning–derived ECG biomarker to detect sudden cardiac death risk. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spo...

UC Berkeley researchers helped shape NASA’s newest space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will help resolve unanswered questions about dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, galaxies and more. bit.ly/4yBQLth

UC Berkeley researchers are developing AI models that learn language by imitating speech, much like babies do. Their work could make AI more efficient while revealing new insights into how humans and other species communicate. bit.ly/4BeESMn

Hollywood created the myth of spear-throwing mammoth hunters. A UC Berkeley archaeologist explains why ancestral survival technologies actually relied on ground-planted pikes, not brute force — in just 101 seconds. bit.ly/483frjh

UC Berkeley researchers found that just 10 minutes of using an AI tool to solve math and reasoning problems significantly affected people's ability to focus and persist with difficult tasks — highlighting the importance of designing AI tools that build on human abilities rather than replace them.

A new UC Berkeley study finds that while female human characters have made gains, nonhuman creatures have yet to catch up. By highlighting these gaps, the research can help guide more inclusive character representation in the stories children grow up watching. bit.ly/4s8MV9d

UC Berkeley’s world-class economics department is celebrating Nobels won by two scholars: Robert E. Hall, a 1964 graduate and early-career faculty member, and Michael Woodford, a visiting scholar in the 2025-26 academic year. bit.ly/3UjUuNU

A new UC Berkeley campuswide project centers Marshallese voices and stories of nuclear devastation, cultural endurance and resilience. Through art, research and public events, the project confronts the legacy of U.S. nuclear bombing in the Marshall Islands. bit.ly/4jhQcke

A recent report co-authored by UC Berkeley scholars finds a global, hardwired pause of frontier AI training is feasible. The researchers’ proposal offers a potential path to reducing AI risks through international cooperation and verifiable safeguards. bit.ly/4jhZoVY

UC Berkeley researchers developed ProteinGuide, a new method using experimental data to guide AI in designing proteins with specific properties — without retraining the models. The approach could accelerate protein engineering for applications in medicine, biotechnology and beyond. bit.ly/4hRHrLx

Awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, Anne Carson has a special place in UC Berkeley’s literary history, having taught poetry and classics at Berkeley in the 1990s and early 2000s. bit.ly/4dZi9ty

UC Berkeley psychologist Jasmin Brooks Stephens is addressing rising suicide rates among Black youth through a new approach to prevention. Her work highlights how cultural identity, family, belonging, and hope can support young people’s mental health before a crisis occurs. bit.ly/3UbNP8t

UC Berkeley helped make IceCube a success — earning Francis Halzen the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics. Berkeley physicist Buford Price was an early supporter of Halzen’s idea to detect high-energy neutrinos in Antarctic ice, helping turn the ambitious experiment into reality. bit.ly/47Kv7YA

LISTEN: Assoc. Professor Joe Shapiro discusses water safety in the US in a recent podcast. Check it out at link below.

A new study by first-year astrophysics student Julian Shapiro may solve a puzzle regarding isolated galaxies that have stopped producing stars. https://bit.ly/4dsYD8N

During a fireside chat at UC Berkeley, Senator Lisa Murkowski traced her path to the U.S. Senate, revisited the write-in campaign that defined her career, and discussed the erosion of public trust in Congress and the toll party politics has taken on bipartisan work. bit.ly/4hIhTA7

“When you start to put together the benefits of loving... it is good for life expectancy, strong social support adds 10 years of life expectancy.” UC Berkeley psychologist Dacher Keltner explores the science of love, highlighting how it may have profound consequences for our health and survival.

Agreements made by the Trump administration allow migrants to be quickly deported to foreign nations they had no previous connection to, according to a new report from the Human Rights Center at UC Berkeley examining how these agreements are reshaping deportation and access to legal protections.

A first-of-its-kind project at UC Berkeley uses AI to map millions of local laws, making it easier for policymakers and the public to compare ordinances between communities and examine what works — or does not. https://bit.ly/4zl1jOi

A collaborative, three-year project involving tribal nations, federal agencies, volunteers, and researchers from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social and @stanford.edu is informing stewardship of culturally important ecosystems across the Eastern Sierra. ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/tribal-...

UC Berkeley researchers found that Americans often rely on mental shortcuts when navigating complex political issues, rather than weighing every factor — offering new insight into how people form opinions and make decisions on issues such as immigration and climate policy. bit.ly/4y8V676

Forbidden Stories and UC Berkeley Journalism join forces to launch a flagship, cross-border investigative lab connecting newsrooms worldwide to pursue and amplify public-interest stories facing threats or attempts to silence them. bit.ly/4z0FV0g

UC Berkeley researchers found that chimpanzees steal less pineapple from their friends — and expect them to do the same. The study offers new insight into how friendship, social expectations and cooperation may have evolved in humans. bit.ly/3W1eyFa

UC Berkeley has once again been named the top public university in North America in the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. This adds to the growing list of #1 rankings Berkeley has earned this year. https://bit.ly/4delZyI

What was once waste-bound could soon help California tackle both its wildfire and affordable housing problems. UC Berkeley Wood Lab co-director Paul Mayencourt is reinventing engineered wood, turning salvaged and unusable pieces into a sustainable, inexpensive material now entering mass production.

In a major new UC Berkeley project, former Gov. Gray Davis tells the story of his life and times during an era of profound change and innovation that shaped modern California. bit.ly/4hyADSG

In a new "Berkeley Law Voices Carry" podcast, host @gwyneth.bsky.social talks to @hrcberkeley.bsky.social about a recent report that focuses on how the use of large language models — the foundation of generative AI — are affecting the fields of law, journalism, and education: https://bit.ly/4iJq2GO

From getting lost in Dwinelle Hall to mentoring 1,000 students, Rhetoric alum Terry Allen is proving that at UC Berkeley, success is only the beginning — service is the goal. bit.ly/4rDV1Xr

If you had six months to live. How would you want to spend it? After a double-lung transplant, UC Berkeley professor Greg Niemeyer turned to art to explore water, circulation and what sustains life. bit.ly/4AVkjVd

UC Berkeley researchers are using evidence from the eruption that destroyed Pompeii to refine a key method scientists use to date Earth’s history — potentially helping geologists, paleontologists and archaeologists more accurately date geological events of the past. bit.ly/4hKDkBU

A new study led by @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social researchers details a cycle of carbon dioxide adsorption and desorption by desert soils—a process that could account for a surprisingly large share of the planet’s annual carbon exchange. ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berk...

At UC Berkeley, researchers nurture tiny balls of human brain cells to mimic structures found in newborn brains. Their work is helping uncover the causes of tuberous sclerosis complex — a leading genetic cause of early-onset epilepsy — and point to possible new treatments. bit.ly/4y9F9hv

The line between simulated empathy and human connection is becoming harder to ignore as AI moves into mental health care. UC Berkeley research associate Steven Barrie-Anthony explores what’s at stake for the future of therapy in @theatlantic.com. bit.ly/4iDA9Np

Researchers from UC Berkeley and UCSF identified a precise brain region involved in risk-reward decisions — and could predict a person’s choice just before it happened. The findings show how the brain weighs risk through competing signals that shift between approach and avoidance.

“It’s easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism.” In 101 seconds, UC Berkeley historian Trevor Jackson unravels how the economic system that shapes every aspect of our lives came to be — and why none of it was inevitable. bit.ly/47alIJx

At a UC Berkeley event in August, comedian and filmmaker W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell.bsky.social) questioned who is shaping artificial intelligence — and to what end. Hear the full conversation on the latest Berkeley Talks podcast episode. bit.ly/4iIWadO

Once again, U.S. News & World Report (@usnews.com) has named UC Berkeley the #1 public university (tied). Berkeley has been at the top of the rankings throughout much of the 21st century. 🥇 bit.ly/4xFfAUF

Before #CRISPR, there was VIPR — a tool viruses used to battle each other with a never-before-seen genetic coding system, uncovered by researchers in the Doudna Lab. Read more here: https://ow.ly/KblS50ZOxwQ #AI #LanguageModel #RNA