The Berkeley Blog
University of California, Berkeley
Today, UC Berkeley is widely known as the preeminent public university in the United States, and as the home of the Free Speech Movement. The Berkeley Blog bridges these two. Our authors include some 300 UC Berkeley faculty members, graduate students and other scholars, who share their thoughts on topical national and global issues with which we all grapple. This blog serves as a virtual blackboard for ideas and expertise found on the Berkeley campus.
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The thoughts expressed here are not that of the University, not official, not predictable, and not of one mind. In the spirit of the Free Speech Movement, the thoughts expressed here are those of the individual authors.
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 28 July 2023 English
As I write this blog, I am sitting in the comfort of the Bay Area, experiencing our mild summer temperatures, due to the marine influence of Karl the Fog. However, …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 14 July 2023 English
June and July are the conferences’ months, and this year, I attended the European Environmental Economics meeting in Cyprus, the International Consortium of Applied Bioeconomy Research in Buenos Aires, and …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 29 June 2023 English
A researcher was granted access earlier this year by Facebook’s parent company, Meta, to incredibly potent artificial intelligence software – and leaked it to the world. As a former researcher …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 21 June 2023 English
co-authored with Ilona Sologoub (VoxUkraine) and Tetyana Deryugina (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has brought a sobering realization that, even 30 years …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 13 June 2023 English
We're at a fascinating 'epi-inflection point' in generative AI. There are so many valid concerns surrounding it, but if events like this, and others, help set a strong cultural orientation …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 8 June 2023
Engaging with AI's unique form of creativity could help us and learn new things, combine and extend previous ideas, and design new molecules, new medicines, and new works of art.
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 17 May 2023
UC Berkeley Journalism professor Ken Light revisits images he captured of child laborers in America's agricultural fields during the 1970s and 80s.
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 12 May 2023 English
My mother died 20 years ago. We had a good relationship. I gave her flowers on every occasion possible and told her I loved her, but only now, as I …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 11 May 2023 English
The Turkish opposition has never been as hopeful as it is today. Despite the many difficulties of the past two decades, never have so many factors lined up against President …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 8 May 2023 English
Ranking fatigue has finally set in, and its a worldwide phenomenon. A number of high-profile law schools in the US recently announced they will no longer participate in one commercial …