College of Natural Resources
Transforming conservation with real-time data of individual animals
July 31, 2025 A study co-led by ESPM postdoctoral researcher Diego Ellis Soto highlights how developing technologies for tracking wildlife can advance and democratize conservation efforts.
Student Spotlight: Yaeko Long
July 29, 2025 The fourth-year genetics and plant biology major talks about their passion for fungi and photography, involvement with Cal Band, and time at UC Berkeley.
Master of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics students teach Oakland Roots players how to fuel performance
July 25, 2025 A team of MNSD graduate students taught players how dietary guidance can improve on-field performance and recovery over the course of six sessions.
Modeling the Key Role of irrigation for Farming in a Hotter World
July 22, 2025 A new study led by Assistant Professor Lucas Vargas Zeppetello suggests water stress, not high temperatures, has the strongest influence on crop yields.
Community collaborations for fire resilience
July 17, 2025 Rausser College faculty and alumni work with UCANR’s Fire Network to help communities respond to the state’s growing wildfire crisis.
Rausser College recognizes seven faculty retirees
July 10, 2025 The College congratulates professors Dennis Baldocchi, Lewis Feldman, Mike Freeling, N. Louise Glass, Daniel Kammen, Dale Johnson, and Bill Tietje on their retirement from UC Berkeley.
Postdoc Usha Lingappa awarded Branco Weiss Fellowship
July 08, 2025 The highly competitive international fellowship supports outstanding postdoctoral researchers pursuing unconventional and socially relevant science.
How is SGMA affecting growers’ planting and drilling decisions?
July 03, 2025 Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension Ellen Bruno's new analysis reveals that farmers will continue to drill wells and pump groundwater, actions that may exacerbate groundwater sustainability issues that California is trying to address.
Could volcanic eruptions have helped Hawaiian arthropods diversify?
July 02, 2025 In a study published this spring, ESPM researchers investigated the genetic and species diversity of Hawaiian arthropods in areas of wet forest left behind by lava flows.
Former USDA official Robert Bonnie joins Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship
July 01, 2025 Bonnie, who led conservation and climate change initiatives at USDA during the administrations of Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, joins the Stone Center as a distinguished scholar.
How the Joint Genome Institute supports Rausser College research
June 27, 2025 ESPM professors Jillian Banfield and Matteo Garbelotto are among the UC Berkeley researchers who have utilized facilities at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Joint Genome Institute to conduct cutting-edge genomic research.
Two Rausser College graduate students named 2025 Switzer Fellows
June 26, 2025 ERG's Sarah Sarfaty Epstein and ESPM's Cynthia Wilson were recognized by the Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation as graduate student leaders who are driving positive environmental and social change.
Blazing the way in the fire and forestry field
June 25, 2025 UC Agriculture and Natural Resources recently profiled Katie Low, BS '20 Ecosystem Management and Forestry; Master of Forestry '22, who helps accelerate the implementation of fire adaptation and resilience projects as UCANR's Fire Network statewide coordinator.
Four PhD candidates awarded fellowships by the Philomathia Center
June 24, 2025 Rausser College PhD candidates Yihong Zhu, Marco Dueñas, Sheherazade, and Simon Greenhill were recognized by the Philomathia Center for their exceptional promise and academic distinction in studying issues related to the environment.
Journal Spotlight: Parks Stewardship Forum
June 20, 2025 The UC Office of Scholarly Communication recently featured the Park Stewardship Forum, an open access publication for conservation professionals co-published by the Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity and the George Wright Society.
Biodiverse Cities, Resilient California
June 19, 2025 Highlights from the Stone Center’s Recent Urban Biodiversity Roundtable at UC Berkeley.
Climate change cuts global crop yields, even when farmers adapt
June 18, 2025 A first-of-its-kind study co-authored by Assistant Professor Tamma Carleton shows that the global food system is more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought.
Assessing the private sector's role in reef restoration
June 17, 2025 A recent study by ESPM professor Rachel Carlson explores whether Hawaiian businesses are willing to pay to protect coral ecosystems.
How tiny organisms manage stress to power the planet
June 16, 2025 Postdoctoral researcher Sunnyjoy Dupuis, PhD '25 Microbiology, writes about the PMB and QB3-Berkeley scientists peeking in on algae at night to discover how the organisms prepare for another stressful day on the job.
Everything in Life, from Water
June 13, 2025 2024 Bearhs Environmental Leadership Program participant Ali Odeh leads water service providers in Palestine.