Campus Science News

The following news items are from various campus, college and department sources.

UC Berkeley to offer new Master of Climate Solutions
Image of attendees for Beahrs ELP for MCS December 26, 2024

Offered as a one-year program or a concurrent degree with the Haas MBA, Rausser College’s Master of Climate Solutions will empower leaders to enact solutions to the climate crisis.

College of Natural Resources
Student Spotlight: Abi Shiva
A photo of a man wearing graduation regalia smiling from behind a lectern. May 17, 2024

The Environmental Sciences and Legal Studies graduate served as the undergraduate speaker for the 2024 Rausser College Commencement held on May 13.
College of Natural Resources
Yartsev wins Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award 2024

photo of Yartsev near trees

The Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) has selected Professor Michael Yartsev for the 2024 Boehringer Ingelheim FENS Research Award, given in recognition of outstanding and innovative work from all areas of neuroscience. The award will be presented at the FENS Forum conference in Vienna.
Department of Bioengineering
Brooks Lab discovery: lactate rivals glucose as body's major fuel after a carb meal

George Brooks Lab
Integrative Biology graduate student Robert Leija and the whole Professor George Brooks Lab make a discovery. The study was part of a larger NIH-funded study to determine how well people switch from fat to carbohydrate metabolism as they age. Read the Berkeley News Article.
 
Department of Integrative Biology
What dry farmed tomatoes can teach us about water scarcity
Image of dry tomatoes May 14, 2024

A new study led by postdoctoral researcher Yvonne Socolar, PhD '23 ESPM, examines the fungal communities in soil that help dry farm systems flourish.
College of Natural Resources
Student Spotlight: Cheri Pearson
A photo of two women holding up a letter in a car. May 13, 2024

Pearson, a fourth-year Conservation and Resource Studies and English double major, speaks about attending UC Berkeley as a re-entry student and mother of Cal alumni.
College of Natural Resources