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Professors in psychology, biology and ethnic studies broach the deep question as part of a series for the Letters and Science course, Research, Discovery and You. The post Berkeley Talks: What is understanding? Berkeley scholars discuss appeared first on Berkeley News.

The Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship will advance large-scale nature conservation and restoration in the United States through community-engaged research, training, outreach and policy. The post UC Berkeley launches new center focused on environmental stewardship appeared first on Berkeley News.

UC Berkeley sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild traveled to eastern Kentucky to study how pride and shame affect people's politics. Then came 'a perfect storm.' The post Sociologist examines Appalachian voters’ rightward shift, with Trump as their ‘shame shield’ appeared first on Berkeley News.

The new center, named for high-impact civil rights expert Christopher Edley Jr., will explore the challenges confronting democracy and train students to become effective guardians. The post Berkeley Law launches democracy center named for influential former dean appeared first on Berkeley News.

The post A redesigned Tropical House at the UC Botanical Garden opens to the public September 7 appeared first on Berkeley News.

UC Berkeley study finds rapid increase over last 12,000 years in genes for enzymes that digest starch. The post Agriculture accelerated human genome evolution to capture energy from starchy foods appeared first on Berkeley News.

"Venture capital is clearly paying attention to Berkeley-generated companies," Chancellor Rich Lyons said. "And we're just getting started." The post UC Berkeley ranked No. 1 for generating startup founders, companies and female entrepreneurs   appeared first on Berkeley News.

Watch landscape architect Walter Hood explain how he tells community stories through his designs. The post Landscape architecture is more people than plants, says UC Berkeley professor appeared first on Berkeley News.

The catalytic process, discovered by researchers at UC Berkeley, efficiently reduces polymers to chemical precursors, bringing a circular economy for plastics one step closer to reality The post New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics appeared first on Berkeley News.

UC Berkeley microbiologist makes the case for Neurospora-laced oat pulp and cheesy moldy bread The post Can fungi turn food waste into the next culinary sensation? appeared first on Berkeley News.

"Changing how one thinks about happiness — specifically, decreasing one’s concern about happiness — should benefit mental health,” said Iris Mauss, a UC Berkeley psychology professor. The post Stop worrying about being happy. It’s making you more depressed. appeared first on Berkeley News.

California Policy Lab finds that easing bail requirements to get out of jail did not lead to higher crime, arrest rates. The post Easing bail policy does not lead to increased crime, report finds appeared first on Berkeley News.

Watch as he lays out the values and aspirations that will guide his tenure in office. The post Chancellor Lyons welcomes UC Berkeley to a new academic year appeared first on Berkeley News.

Chancellor Rich Lyons says civil discourse and bridging political and cultural divides will be a focus this new academic year. The post New chancellor, new housing and robot ramen help kick off Berkeley’s 2024 fall semester appeared first on Berkeley News.

New UC Berkeley student Vihaan Hampihallikar started playing cricket in Singapore at age 6. Ten years later, he made the national men’s team. After a traumatic eye injury derailed his plans, he started a project to help others get the health care they needed. The post At 16, he was a cricket star. Then an accident made him rethink his future. appeared first on...

The material could be easily adapted for a variety of medical, consumer and industrial applications. The post New recyclable adhesives could serve as surgical superglue appeared first on Berkeley News.

Wisdom from Chancellor Rich Lyons, Taiko drumming, inspiring video and Oski's antics marked this year's annual event. The post At fall convocation, campus leaders urged 9,000 new students to discover the ‘Berkeley Way’ appeared first on Berkeley News.

Bestselling author and UC Berkeley Professor Emeritus Michael Pollan discusses how he chooses his subjects, why he co-founded the UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics and the role of storytelling in shifting our perspective.  The post Berkeley Talks: It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan. Storytelling does, too. appeared first on Berkeley News.

In her new book Disabled Ecologies, UC Berkeley professor Sunaura Taylor returns to a Tucson Superfund site to document how residents organized one of the earliest and most successful environmental justice movements in the country. The post Can an aquifer be injured? Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair appeared first on Berkeley News.

Colonies of these choanoflagellates — members of a group considered to be the closest living relatives of all animals — have their own unique microbiomes. The post Creature the size of a dust grain found hiding in California’s Mono Lake appeared first on Berkeley News.

The device is capable of manipulating materials that are only nanometers thick, paving the way for new quantum technologies. The post World’s first micromachine twists 2D materials at will appeared first on Berkeley News.

UC Berkeley archeologists say the findings might help resolve the debate about Clovis points and reshape how we think about hunting some 13,000 years ago. The post To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears, researchers say appeared first on Berkeley News.

As the school year starts, new brand guidelines connect UC Berkeley to its fellow University of California schools. The post With a new chancellor, updates to the UC Berkeley brand appeared first on Berkeley News.

"At the very foundation of our rules, practices and values are the university's seven essential principles of community," Lyons says in a message to the campus. The post Rich Lyons: What free speech, community mean to UC Berkeley appeared first on Berkeley News.