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UC Berkeley to offer new Master of Climate Solutions
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.
Forest fresh: Cal Forestry Club’s tree sale starts Sunday
December 06, 2024 For more than 60 years, UC Berkeley forestry students have traveled to the Sierra Nevada to cut Christmas trees for the community to enjoy.
Activism as Academics
December 05, 2024 Bhavna Shamasunder, PhD '11 Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, is a leading expert in environmental justice and on cumulative burden.
Open-source platform empowers communities to tackle wildfire crisis
December 04, 2024 A collaborative tool developed with the help of UC scientists empowers local governments and organizations to take control of their wildfire preparedness.
Diverse paths to discovery at UC Berkeley
Nine College faculty are among the most highly cited in their fields
December 03, 2024 Nine researchers in ESPM, PMB, and NST were ranked among the top 1% worldwide in scholarly citations by analytics firm Clarivate.
Can ecotourism help promote and celebrate cultural diversity and biodiversity?
December 02, 2024 Professor Alejandra Echeverri and colleagues show that while Colombia is protecting biodiversity and cultural diversity, both remain mostly inaccessible to tourists.
How sunflowers bring all the bees to the yard
November 26, 2024 Professor Benjamin Blackman's collaborative research project on sunflowers was featured in a PBS video about how they are able to predict where and when the sun will travel each day.
The Fall 2024 Transcript newsletter is here!
Learn about MCB's exciting research, green lab efforts, iBio conference, alumni and much more...
Read the Fall 2024 MCB Transcript.
The problem-solving abilities of urban raccoons
November 25, 2024 Professor Christopher Schell and postdoctoral researcher Lauren Stanton were interviewed about their research on the cognitive abilities of raccoons by ABC7 News.
Plant engineering breakthrough could improve bioproduct development
November 20, 2024 Research led by PMB professor Patrick Shih shows that some simple changes to Agrobacterium can significantly improve the efficiency of introducing DNA into a genome.
The Global South faces a growing toxic waste crisis
November 19, 2024 Kate O’Neill, a professor in ESPM, spoke to PBS NewsHour about the growing toxic waste crisis in developing countries caused by discarded electronics.
Advancing climate equity around the world
November 18, 2024 We highlight some of the nearly three dozen graduate students supported by the Katherine S. and James K. Lau Graduate Fellowship in Climate Equity.
John Taylor recognized by British Mycological Society
November 15, 2024 The PMB professor was awarded the organization’s 2024 John Webster Award for his outstanding contribution to fungal biology research over an extended career.
Stevens BME Graduate Programs Information Sessions
Powering Health in Africa
November 13, 2024 UC Berkeley research is electrifying clinics and hospitals that provide reliable power, Wi-Fi, and water to surrounding communities.
Unearthing California's Prehistoric Past - Paleo Talk Nov 18
On Nov 18, 2024 at 5pm, Dr. Lisa White, Assistant Director of the UCMP, moderates a conversation between IB graduate student Emily Bogner and IB Professors Juan Liu and Jack Tseng. Join the event to hear them describe their research on the ancient flora and fauna of our state, and what secrets it can reveal about the place we call home. Register for the event through this link: https://basicscience.berkeley.edu/. This is part of the UC Berkeley "Basic Science Lights the Way" event series.
Working toward a world without plastic pollution
November 14, 2024 A new study co-authored by Rausser College researchers finds that ending plastic pollution by 2050 is possible, but requires an ambitious and coordinated global effort.
New form of Sudden Oak Death found in Bay Area
November 12, 2024 Citizen scientists from the SOD Blitz Project, led by Cooperative Extension professor Matteo Garbelotto, have discovered at least four outbreaks of a new, potentially more aggressive form of the pathogen that causes sudden oak death.
2024 Rausser College Photo Contest Winners
November 12, 2024 More than 100 images were submitted to Rausser College's 50th Anniversary photo contest! View this year's winning photos here.