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Unequal burden
11/20/24 — Professor Joshua Apte studies how air pollutants impact people in different communities — and what kind of policies might improve equity in the realm of public health.
In sickness and in health
11/20/24 — Professor Rebecca Abergel harnesses the power of radioactive metals to develop treatments for cancer and heavy metal contamination.
Breakthrough in capturing ‘hot’ CO2 from industrial exhaust
11/18/24 — Engineering researchers co-author paper outlining metal-organic framework capable of capturing CO2 at extreme temperatures
Evo: Creating generative AI for genomes
11/14/24 — Arc Institute: Multimodal artificial intelligence model can interpret and generate genomic sequences at a vast scale
UC helps bring first-of-its-kind semiconductor hub to California
11/12/24 — UC Newsroom: Berkeley Engineering will collaborate with Natcast to launch a Visiting Scholars program
Big Ideas Contest participant enhances accessibility for Deaf community
11/12/24 — Berkeley Engineering alum founded app that uses AI to offer real-time captioning
Students address real-world problems with CITRIS Workforce Innovation
11/06/24 — CITRIS: The summer internship program places students with hosts in emerging areas of technology innovation
Robots could help close surgeons’ skill gaps and improve patient outcomes
10/30/24 — CDSS: Professor Ken Goldberg notes advances in generative AI could enable robot assistance
Could a new medical approach fix faulty genes before birth?
10/24/24 — UC Davis Health: Berkeley engineers collaborate on unique mRNA delivery method for in utero gene editing for neurodevelopmental conditions
Public trust in US elections is decreasing. But should it be?
10/15/24 — CDSS: Computer science professors say U.S. elections are more secure, more accurate than 20 years ago
Berkeley researchers receive ARPA-H awards
10/10/24 — UC Berkeley researchers in two multi-institutional teams have won major awards to fund pioneering biomedical research
EECS professor Preeya Khanna wins NIH New Innovator Award
10/08/24 — CDSS: Prestigious award supports especially creative, high-impact biomedical and behavioral research by early-career investigators
How UC Berkeley researchers are making online spaces safer for all
10/02/24 — Researchers are building tools to support freedom of expression on the internet while minimizing the potential for harm
Watch a UC Berkeley digital forensics expert break down political deepfakes
10/01/24 — Hany Farid shows how to spot AI-generated political content
Bringing clarity to computational imaging
09/30/24 — New tool removes motion artifacts when imaging dynamic samples
AI hardware hub awarded $16.3M from DOD
09/26/24 — Hub led by Stanford and UC Berkeley gets funding for three projects aimed at ultra-efficient hardware for AI applications
Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu nominated for NAE presidency
09/25/24 — Voting to take place in March 2025 for the six-year term beginning July 1
Berkeley Engineering ranked No. 3 for undergrad programs by U.S. News
09/24/24 — Berkeley remains top public engineering program in the nation
UC Berkeley to launch compute hub with California Education Learning Lab
09/23/24 — CDSS: $1.5M grant will fund first-of-its-kind computing technology hub for the state’s public colleges and universities