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What is ChatGPT’s future in higher education?

03/21/23 — Berkeley experts in artificial intelligence are studying how ChatGPT and similar tools will transform everything from admissions screening and research to writing college essays
Community members from Bolinas, California, play an evacuation-simulation board game

Researchers to help reduce wildfire risk with dynamic modeling, serious games

12/20/22 — CITRIS: With a $2.5 million NSF grant, an interdisciplinary UC team led by civil engineering professor Kenichi Soga is partnering with Bay Area communities to help residents respond to natural disasters more quickly — and more safely.
Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu speaks at a CHIPS and Science Act press event

Dean’s note: The CHIPS Act: A call to action

11/07/22 — Berkeley Engineering will play a prominent role in efforts to address the workforce needs of the U.S. semiconductor industry.
Dawn Song, Carol Christ and Lourdes Castro Ramírez.

Berkeley web3 and crypto summit tackles financial inclusion, climate issue

10/12/22 — Crypto industry leaders, scholars, government and consumer groups collaborate on blockchain policy and regulations
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EPIC Data Lab harnesses computer science to help society

09/13/22 — CDSS: New lab is building data tools that allow justice system workers, journalists and other non-programmers to benefit from the latest computer science advances
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CHIPS Act includes new support for workforce training, providing opportunities for higher ed

08/09/22 — Dean Liu weighs in on consequential new bill to re-shore semiconductor manufacturing in the United States
Climate activists attend a protest in New York

Commentary: Failing to act on climate change is robbing future generations of choices

07/12/22 — Chicago Tribune: CEE professor Ashok Gadgil and other frustrated scientists call for a reorientation of climate research to drive effective action and transformative change
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California’s math education needs an update, but not the one proposed

05/12/22 — LA Times: In this op-ed, Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu and Associate Provost Jennifer Chayes say a proposal to change California's K-12 math framework will leave students unprepared for STEM in college.
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Flying buses in California skies?

04/18/22 — The CITRIS Aviation team is collaborating with Caltrans to lay the groundwork for air mobility in urban areas

Dean’s note: Public partners in innovation

04/15/22 — Close collaborations with public partners are key to the success of our research programs, helping us translate results into practical benefit.
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Seeing red

04/15/22 — A study has found a strong association between present-day air pollution levels and historical patterns of redlining.
Oakland high school students tour the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center

New program looks to diversify next generation of civil and environmental engineers

04/07/22 — Partnership with Oakland schools, civic leaders and local practitioners aims to bolster workforce, improve engineering equity
Chevron refinery in Richmond, California, seen from the adjacent residential Point Richmond neighborhood.

Study shows more air pollution in areas of historical redlining

03/09/22 — Public Health: Research led by Berkeley civil engineers finds racism from the 1930s is still influencing environmental inequality today
Dean Liu testifying at House hearing

Dean Liu testifies at House hearing on strengthening microelectronics workforce

02/16/22 — Tsu-Jae King Liu discusses role of universities in addressing labor shortage in the semiconductor industry
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New Kavli Center to foster ethics, engagement in science

12/14/21 — The Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public, directed by EECS professor Stuart Russell, will equip the next generation of scientists with the tools to tackle the ethical and societal implications of their research.
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Opinion: U.S. must train semiconductor workforce

12/01/21 — San Jose Mercury News: In the face of a global chip shortage, the country’s loss of its world leadership role is a threat to national security that Congress has a chance to fix, Dean Liu writes. (Subscription may be required)
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Daniel Kammen named senior adviser to USAID

10/21/21 — Berkeley News: Kammen, who holds joint appointments in energy and resources, public policy and nuclear engineering, will serve as senior adviser for energy, climate and innovation for the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Five new hires in the Climate Equity and Environmental Justice cluster

New faculty cluster to focus on climate change, environmental justice

09/02/21 — CNR: Five assistant professors, including civil and environmental engineering's Maya Carrasquillo, will bring their disparate perspectives to research on battling the “climate gap”
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Using satellite images to improve human lives

07/20/21 — Machine-learning breakthrough from Berkeley-based project could support action worldwide on climate, health and poverty
Randy Katz and Steven Chu flanking the U.S. Capitol dome

Researching while Chinese American

06/25/21 — EECS professor Randy Katz, vice chancellor for research, and former Berkeley Lab director and U.S. energy secretary Steven Chu will take part in a livestreamed June 30 congressional roundtable on ethnic profiling of Chinese American scientists
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