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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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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 …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 28 April 2023 English
My dissertation assessed the impact of water quality regulation in the San Joaquin Valley. We wondered if farmers would adopt cleaner practices and invest in wastewater management under alternative regulations …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 20 April 2023 English
co-authored with Tymofiy Mylovanov (Kyiv School of Economics) Corruption has been humanity’s scourge since the beginning of time. We may debate when corruption started but frankly it does not matter …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 18 April 2023 English
In 2019, I argued that our information and data scientists should use their skills to support colleagues in the environmental sciences and other disciplines doing critical work on climate change. …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 11 April 2023 English
By Julie Freccero and Audrey Taylor In December 2022, the UC Berkeley Human Rights Center’s Health and Human Rights Program released Family and Me (FAM): A New Model of Foster …