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[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

ICYMI, last week, professor emeritus John Clarke shared the Nobel Prize in physics with John Martinis and Michel Devoret, who worked alongside Clarke researching quantum tunneling while at Cal.

And for chemistry, Professor Omar Yaghi was recognized for his work in developing metal-organic frameworks. Yaghi's win brings UC Berkeley's count to a total of 28 faculty members who have won a Nobel Prize.

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

News publishers are suing OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging unauthorized use of copyrighted journalism to train AI systems.

“There is an intellectual effort that goes into producing work, including journalism, and companies need to be compensated for that.” — Michael Bolden, Dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Journalism (@ucbsoj)
https://t.co/DuKr9AxyCi

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

Berkeley scientists have now answered a major question in coral biology: How are algae able to thrive inside the cells of coral?

Their findings could reveal why this symbiosis fails and suggest ways to restore it to save the world’s reefs.
https://t.co/cmC63wi8l2

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

A major warehouse fire in Los Angeles sent toxic smoke into surrounding communities.

Berkeley scientists shed light on the challenges such fires pose for monitoring and response.

[SFGATE @SFGate]

Why LA's massive warehouse inferno is so hard to put out https://t.co/JJgpK9NG4x

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

The Bay Area’s National Archives—housing landmark case materials and inmate records—is set to close with no details yet on where they will be moved.

“This just feels like an attack on access to key government records… [it’s] of vital importance to transparency, accountability, even if it comes 10 and 20 years later.“— Kris Kasianovitz, library director at the @BerkeleyIGS Library

[KQED @KQED]

The Bay Area collection includes original records from landmark birthright citizenship case United States v. Wong Kim Ark, and inmate records from Alcatraz. Federal officials didn’t provide details about where the records would go. https://t.co/jQb2PCPY3s

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

In honor of the nation’s 250th birthday, @CAgovernor selected a UC Berkeley quantum computing chip to be buried in the national time capsule—reflecting the state’s innovation economy.
https://t.co/m8A1p9NbdC

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

Long before modern newspapers, Mughal India developed a vast information network across its empire.

@UCBHistory professor Munis D. Faruqui’s research on the akhbarat—short reports on court and state affairs—shows how it worked under Emperor Aurangzeb and how empires managed information at scale.

[BBC News (World) @BBCWorld]

What news reports from 1600s tell us about life in Mughal India https://t.co/Q47KQT2mXw

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

“The effects of aging are magnified when an older adult is living on the street.” — Dr. David Lindeman, director of Berkeley’s CITRIS Health Initiative.

Lindeman discusses the growing number of older Californians experiencing homelessness and the health risks associated with aging on the street in a recent @EastBayTimes report.
https://t.co/mbsNc9dJVl

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

A recent @KQED report featuring @ucbsoj research finds that in California, officers disciplined for biased conduct often remain in their positions, raising questions about accountability across agencies.
https://t.co/ugqJ6MieCW

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

Colonialism was more than brutal force—it was an intellectual project engineered in libraries, museums and scientific societies, too. Learn more in a new book by Berkeley professor Diego Pirillo.
https://t.co/Q3OcZ92Mrj

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

🎧 Berkeley Talks: ‘Is this our only life?’ @Princeton philosopher Mark Johnston argues that our identity is shaped by our conscious will, not just our current body—and that it may be possible for us to exist in another form.
https://t.co/5jYUgQQBN6

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and UC Berkeley are joining forces to launch the Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy, a new nonpartisan institute dedicated to strengthening American democracy.

Launching in January 2027, the institute will bring together faculty, students, and visiting leaders to study democracy's toughest challenges, from polarization to the future of AI, and to prepare the next generation of civic leaders.

https://t.co/4BcIJpHmnD

[College of Chemistry @UCB_Chemistry]

@shekharlab's research explores how biological electricity works in the body at the microscopic scale.

He recently received the Philomathia Prize to advance this groundbreaking research into the bioelectric basis of neural activity.

https://t.co/guHVuacHHG

[Berkeley Inspire @berkeleyinspire]

When Professor Gül Dölen joined UC Berkeley's neurosciece and psychology departments in January 2024, she started working on designing her lab and office. Now, the finished space allows the lab to conduct research on psychedelics use in critical periods of brain development: https://t.co/ozvFeD5Hs9

[Raka Ray @rakaberkeley]

(1/2) Should California billionaires pay more to fund healthcare? At a recent debate co-sponsored by the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Wealth and Income Inequality, @berkeleyecon Prof. Emmanuel Saez argued a billionaire wealth tax could raise billions +

[College of Chemistry @UCB_Chemistry]

A new addition to the Nobel wall in Latimer Hall! Professor Omar Yaghi's plaque has been installed in the chemistry complex, joining the distinguished company of Berkeley's Nobel laureates. Go Bears! 🐻 #berkeleychemistry #chemistry #ucberkeley #nobelprize

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

What if flowering plants didn’t rise after the dinosaurs died out? New fossils suggest angiosperms were already thriving 10 million years earlier—challenging a long-held evolutionary narrative.
https://t.co/xB9Ru06yUT

[UC Berkeley Law @BerkeleyLaw]

Now pursuing a career in public defense, rising 3L Adam Jones says volunteering at San Quentin underscored the need “to see clients as more than the facts that brought them into the legal system.”

Read the full article: https://t.co/jtjGwlfKCa #BerkeleyLaw

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

@RBReich We are honored to be part of that legacy! 💙💛 Go Bears! 🐻

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

The greatest honor of my life wasn't serving in the Cabinet. It was being a teacher.

The Last Class — a film about my final semester teaching students at UC-Berkeley — is available to stream now at https://t.co/p2I81eUucX

[UC Berkeley @UCBerkeley]

A new skin-protection spray may help reduce UV-related skin damage from gel manicures.

@UCB_Chemistry professor Alex Katz created a sunscreen alternative that protects without affecting gel hardening or leaving oily skin.
https://t.co/DeKKKaoCj1