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.
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Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Governor Brown's commencement address, Mysteries of bubbles, Thanks for just doing your job |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Student Ritankar Das named University Medalist, Fostering student entrepreneurs, Magnetar found by black hole in Milky Way |
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Monday, May 13, 2013 Congresswoman Lee honors Chancellor Birgeneau, Ritankar Das named University Medalist, Attorney General Holder delivers law school's commencement address |
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Friday, May 10, 2013 Mathematicians solve bubble problem, How brains manage motion perception, Hackers tap computer cameras and microphones |
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Thursday, May 9, 2013 How the brain tracks fast-moving objects, Steve Wozniak to give commencement address, Good news for disabled students |
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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 |
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013 Professors Frenkel and Wu defend Common Core State Standards, Alum George Horse Capture dies |
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Monday, May 6, 2013 Students research exhibit on faculty who escaped Nazi-occupied Europe, Study finds contaminants in lipstick |
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Friday, May 3, 2013 Sign Language class attracts enthusiastic students, Professors Olney and Tyson on the economic recovery, Chancellor abandons SHIP |
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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 |
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Testing antimatter's response to gravity, A searching mind, Seeking funding for Richard Allen's early earthquake warning system |
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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 |
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Monday, April 29, 2013 Chemist Arlene Blum profiled, Professor Bea on the faulty Bay Bridge bolts, Professor Weisselberg on Miranda Rights |
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Friday, April 26, 2013 Chancellor Birgeneau interviewed, Undocumented scholar Terrence Park profiled, 10 faculty members named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
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Thursday, April 25, 2013 Online edX classes analyze usability, Early warning quake system research advances, Research on poor sleep strains relationships |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Friday, April 19, 2013 Campus celebrates Cal Day tomorrow, Campus bomb threat dismissed as not credible, Margo Bennett named new campus chief of police |
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Thursday, April 18, 2013 UC accepts fewer Californians, Students pass divestment resolution, Professor Bedolla on the immigration plan |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Friday, April 12, 2013 Berkeley report calls for stronger fracking regulations, Study on entrepreneurs and investors highlighted as great reads, Jewish Studies program grows |
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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 |
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 City-wide disaster drill planned for April 27, The evolving face of research on campus, Changing passwords to “passthoughts” |
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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, |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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; |
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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. |
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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 |
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 Incoming Chancellor Dirks gets his feet wet on campus, Girl hit by arrow recovering, Voting studies |
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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 |
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013 Professor Goldberg's earthwork, The internationalization of education, Librarians and MOOCs |
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Monday, March 25, 2013 Executive Leadership Academy helps further multicultural advancement in academia, Peach genome informs biofuel quest |
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Friday, March 22, 2013 Heat map of the universe as an infant, SandBot runs over sand, Professor Tetlock's approach to predicting the future |
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Thursday, March 21, 2013 President Obama gives women's basketball team a boost, Mindfulness conference a hit, Helping humanities students plan their careers |
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Professors Crawford and Madsen join FDA petition on caffeine, Graduate students alert T-Mobile of security flaw, Construction projects campuswide |
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Terrence Park and the plight of undocumented students, Online certificate programs increasingly popular, Lighting the Future for Rural Ugandans |
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Monday, March 18, 2013 Salamanders show North and South America joined earlier, Fluorescence indicates coral health, Women in the workplace |
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Friday, March 15, 2013 High expectations for next UC system president, Legislators advised to visit Berkeley, Alumni start ecological toothbrush venture |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Friday, March 8, 2013 Dream Act helps undocumented students, Steve Blank to lead innovation hub, Dreambox 3D printer vending machine to debut on campus, Oski recruits future Cal students |
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Thursday, March 7, 2013 Comets may have seeded life on Earth, Alcohol availability and binge drinking, "Fiat Lux" exhibit closes Friday |
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013 Comets may have brought life to Earth, $3.4 million for transportation research, Diabetes linked to sugar availability |
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013 Berkeley again ranked 5th in world, Dean Shortell on accountable care, Nobel physicist Donald Glaser has died |
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Monday, March 4, 2013 Remembering Nobelist Donald Glaser and geologist Garniss Curtis, Sequestration's expected impact on education, Raises for nonunion staff |
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Friday, March 1, 2013 Fuel from tobacco, Wild bees could help pollination crisis, Sugar availability linked to increased diabetes rates |
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Thursday, February 28, 2013 Professors Bailey and Wolfram explain the E2e Project, Professor Granholm proposes "Race to the Top"-style initiative for energy efficiency, Sequestration could cut millions from Berkeley's research funding |
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Steve Wozniak to be commencement speaker, Search for new UC system president begins, Policy experts recommend changes to California healthcare system, Public policy students weigh in on education and sequestration issues |
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Coordinated healthcare could save California $110 billion, Professor Bea testifies against BP, Professor Reich on the minimum wage |
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Monday, February 25, 2013 Professor Bea profiled, Dean Lyons to lead innovation consortium, A renewed push for Memorial Stadium fundraising |
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Friday, February 22, 2013 Innovation grant for Berkeley, UCSF, and Stanford; Dean Edley co-authors report on education, A "sprawl-tuned" robot |
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Thursday, February 21, 2013 Professors Bloemraad and Reich on immigration reform, Professor Guzman discusses the human cost of climate change, Professor Urban calls for network of defensive patents |
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013 Berkeley leads fundraising among public universities, Professor Jeanloz recommends other uses for nuclear test sensors, A labor-community alliance in Richmond |
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013 On the forefront of synthetic biology, Mapping the brain, Incomes rise for the 1% only |
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Friday, February 15, 2013 Undocumented student issues dream video, Innovative labs proliferate in Bay Area, Asian philanthropy benefits campus |
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 Math student comes out as DREAMer on video, Professor Gopnik on what makes a good preschool, Lecturer Tess Taylor's plea to Obama on gun control |
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013 Governor Brown joins Berkeley housing summit, Construction on Berkeley Art Museum begins, A Rosetta stone for ancient languages |
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 Software speeds reconstruction of ancient languages, Dreamers Fund to help undocumented students, Construction begins on Berkeley Art Museum |
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Monday, February 11, 2013 Haas School recalls the art of handwritten notes, Professor Kirp on fixing schools, Talk of the Nation looks at two Berkeley studies |
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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 |
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Thursday, September 20, 2012 Poll shows voters increasingly undecided on tax measures, Predicted consequences of a Prop. 30 failure, Website promotes Prop. 30 awareness |
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012 East-West culture clash confirmed, Study highlights contradiction in policies on sugary drinks, International conference takes on population growth |
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012 Sandy Barbour and the post-Title IX NCAA, Prop. 30 website tracks social influence, Professor Bea continues Katrina testimony |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thursday, September 13, 2012 Campus pays tribute to Ambassador Stevens, Professor Keasling wins Heinz Award, Professor Kammen joins discussion of wind energy |
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012 Slain ambassador was an alum, Professor Keasling and alum Mason Bates win Heinz Awards, Using MOOCs to aid transfer students |
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 Study highlights strengths of Mexican moms, Computer model provides breakthrough in carbon capture, The sounds of smog |
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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 |
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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 |
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Thursday, September 22, 2011 Brain scans show movie scenes, National Science Foundation grants for Professors Beissinger & Brashares, Cal Performances' Free for All this weekend |
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011 Alumni freed in Iran, UC awards "Valley of death" grants, Economic benefits of clean-tech investment |
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Early earthquake warning system tested, Study finds fault with California English proficiency test, Lost WPA art by Cal professor found |
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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 |
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Friday, September 16, 2011 Regents seek alternatives to routine tuition increases, Operation Excellence in progress, Malaria drug closer to market, Tatooine-like planet discovered |
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Thursday, September 15, 2011 New BAM/PFA plan pleases, In-law units for affordable housing, Part II of the Dream Act pending |
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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 |
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010 Exoskeletons help paraplegics walk, Professor Rine on 'smart cell' research team, Students express disappointment in Dream Act failure |
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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 |
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Monday, September 20, 2010 Cuts to Cal athletics considered, Wallace & Gromit animators inspired by CellScope, Professor Tsui's triumph |
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Friday, September 17, 2010 Cal Performances' "Free for All," Alzheimer's drug may help healthy adults, Absent fathers linked to earlier puberty for girls |
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Thursday, September 16, 2010 Professor Litwack on free speech and the Constitution, Cost cutting vs. innovation, Cal again ranks among global top ten |
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010 Editorial on detained hikers, Athletics committee submits recommendations, Professor Hood profiled |
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 Campus prepares for walkout, Professor Keasling and the evolution of synthetic biology |
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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 |
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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 |
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Friday, September 18, 2009 Editorial suggests tier tuition, Study shows filtered water benefits certain groups, Curbing the spread of swine flu |
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Thursday, September 17, 2009 Protest and resignation for proposed fee increases, Research administration consolidated, Nonprofit corporation to oversee Cal endowment |
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Faculty, students, and staff plan walkout; Heinz awards for Professors Gadgil and Smith; SETI turns 50 |
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 Professors Gadgil and Smith honored, Birds relocate due to climate change, Universities sign compact for open access in publishing |