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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.

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“Art is one of the last forms of freedom of speech,” says legendary Bay Area artist Mildred Howard. “And we don’t want to lose it.”

Explore how Howard has made meaning and memory her muses for over 50 years at her new newly acquired archive at @UCBerkeleyLib's Bancroft Library.
https://t.co/uXuwNFMVoo

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Have you ever seen data as a living sculpture? Watch the newly installed @Cal_Engineer Strauch Hypercube be in conversation with itself—parsing encoded data to create an infinite supply of unique visual patterns.
https://t.co/QxVrp3JmDZ

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The next frontier of robotics isn't just technical—it's creative. Roboticist and @Berkeley_EECS professor Ken Goldberg demonstrates how marrying art and science unlocks engineering solutions for building the future. https://t.co/Jk9CP5b3og

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Throughout the past 3 years, Prof. Kimiko Ryokai and researchers at the Lawrence have partnered with Ohlone leaders to design and build interactive science exhibits.

Despite facing federal grant cuts, the exhibits premiered this month. @berkeleyside
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UC Berkeley welcomes back former professor Nicholas de Monchaux, who has been appointed the new dean of the College of Environmental Design (@ced_berkeley).
https://t.co/3xpL36wWH0

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🎧 Berkeley Talks: How punk subcultures provide a blueprint for resisting hate and healing a fractured modern society.
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California boasts the nation's largest economy, yet ties for the highest poverty rate. Berkeley sociologists conducted 136 hours-long conversations with middle-class residents to understand how Golden State locals reconcile a progressive identity with a dramatic wealth gap.
https://t.co/dUmRgBSbt8

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California's coast is facing a widespread marine heat wave, and a brewing El Niño could further threaten local kelp, seabirds, and marine ecosystems. As @KQED reports, UC Berkeley scientists are tracking this compounding crisis to understand the long-term impacts.
https://t.co/2ihUrIaMzU

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Homeless encampment sweeps skyrocketed from 14.4 to 32.2 per month in Oakland—more than double—following a landmark Supreme Court ruling. A first-of-its-kind UC Berkeley analysis reveals that since the 2024 Grants Pass case, these actions have significantly intensified and spread.
https://t.co/I1yZXuFnlw

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Women in ancient Rome may have hunted and fought leopards, according to a UC Berkeley sports historian’s analysis of mosaic evidence.
https://t.co/cmf19kMddb

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In middle school P.E., Ann noticed blind and low-vision students were often shielded from real competition rather than included in it. Now a disability advocate at UC Berkeley, she continues to push back against that mindset through her participation in goalball, emphasizing meaningful participation in sport.
https://t.co/lEqaPVeBkX

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UC Berkeley faculty members Jitendra Malik, Dean Toste and Barbara Romanowicz have been elected to UK’s @royalsociety—one of the world’s most famous and oldest science academies.
https://t.co/vSB8G1YUBX

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The 13th season of @ucbgarden's iconic Redwood Grove Summer Concert Series is back! Enjoy live music under the redwoods from June through September.
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In an era of bulky, restrictive dry suits for military watermen, UC Berkeley physicist Hugh Bradner reframed cold-water survival around a counterintuitive idea: let water in, then trap the body’s heat instead of sealing it out. That shift in thinking became the foundation of the modern wetsuit.
https://t.co/3yY4UkNJxk

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Fiery tornadoes could offer a more efficient way to break down oil spills by intensifying combustion, according to research from UC Berkeley’s Fire Research Lab.
https://t.co/JEOGiGhhj9

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With 540 cases and 130 deaths reported, a rare Ebola outbreak in Central Africa has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by @WHO. Infectious disease expert Dr. Charles Whittaker breaks down what’s being done to contain it and the risk level to the United States.
https://t.co/IkAlufnktK

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We are delighted to receive a $250,00 grant from @gettyfoundation through the Black Visual Art Archives initiative. Grants increase access to archival collections across the U.S. that hold important historical records related to works created by Black artists.

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Hi-res microscopes generate more biological data than scientists can realistically analyze on their own. Researchers are building an AI assistant to help uncover discoveries that might otherwise stay buried inside the flood of information.
https://t.co/OCbu9pZ6Y7

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What if stories contain patterns humans can’t easily see? @BerkeleyISchool professor David Bamman shows how data analysis is uncovering hidden structures across centuries of storytelling—in 101 seconds.
https://t.co/1eNj86BPPS

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He was formerly incarcerated and homeless, and at 43, Charles Long Jr. marked a proud, major milestone in his life, graduating from UC Berkeley with the highest honor awarded to a graduating senior at the university. https://t.co/pwc0RiagB9