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ICYMI, last week, professor emeritus John Clarke shared the Nobel Prize in physics with John Martinis and Michel Devoret, who worked alongside Clarke researching quantum tunneling while at Cal. And for chemistry, Professor Omar Yaghi was recognized for his work in developing metal-organic frameworks. Yaghi's win brings UC Berkeley's count to a total of 28 faculty members who have won a Nobel Prize.

NEW🏠RESEARCH: Moving out of the San Francisco Bay Area can dramatically lower your housing costs and increase your likelihood of becoming a homeowner, according to a new CPL report. But movers also often encounter tradeoffs in their new communities, including lower quality schools, greater climate vulnerability, and lower average incomes. capolicylab.org/priced-out-of-…

Berkeley engineers have developed a breakthrough approach to overcoming the long-standing trade-off between speed, field of view, and resolution in optical microscopy. “Our approach could be used to image many live organisms simultaneously and to monitor samples over time.” — Laura Waller, @Berkeley_EECS professor and the study’s principal investigator

New @NatureAtCal research indicates that continued climate change could severely increase wildfire above natural levels at national parks. The study offers park managers data to reduce risks by using intentional fires to reduce the vegetation that can fuel more destructive wildfires. bit.ly/4x23btO

Does misinformation on Facebook and Instagram change what you believe? Berkeley Ph.D. student Olivier Bergeron-Boutin tested that question on both social media platforms during the 2020 presidential election. bit.ly/4vT7CXb

Always chasing a bigger challenge, Catherine Breed (BA Integrative Biology ’15) went from helping @CalWSwim win two NCAA titles to completing a 30-mile shark-infested swim. Now, she's attempting her biggest feat yet: swimming 900 miles along the entire length of California's coastline. bit.ly/44Dwuqr

UC Berkeley offers nearly 19,000 students admission to fall 2026 class—with approximately 14,000 first-year students and more than 5,000 transfer students. bit.ly/4fGsJpg

Coral reefs are dying. A new film by award-winning documentary filmmaker and @ucbsoj professor Jason Spingarn-Koff follows the researchers racing climate change to save the last of Florida’s coral reefs. bit.ly/4wmxyeG

When exposed to ship noise, sperm whales alter their calls. @ProjectCETI linguistics lead and Berkeley professor Gašper Beguš shares how these shifts provide a window into decoding whale communication—with hopes for this data to aid conservation efforts. bit.ly/4g06ZGn

UC Berkeley author Bora Lee Reed immigrated from Korea as a child in the 1970s. In her new novel, Reed builds on her family’s experience and her research into the devastating Korean War to tell a deeply human story of struggle, loss and reunion. bit.ly/45shpsc

Dean Erwin Chemerinsky was one of five recipients — including music icon Bruce @Springsteen and former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin @Kaepernick7 — of the @ACLU Ralph Ellison Award for Defenders of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: bit.ly/44W0bmX #BerkeleyLaw

How navigating the violent realities of being young, Black and female in America helped shape Frances M. Beal’s pioneering work in social justice feminism. bit.ly/4hBh1ip

Children speak fluently long before learning what a “noun” is. Using this analogy, linguistics professor Gašper Beguš highlights the gap between using language and reasoning about it—arguing that AI doesn’t need consciousness to make genuinely creative leaps.

Congratulations to Prof. Gerbrand Ceder for leading one of the first projects selected under the Department of Energy's Genesis Mission! Learn more: bit.ly/3Tago5r

“How do we find purpose? How do you find a sense of calling no matter what you’re doing?" Berkeley psychology professor Dr. Dacher Keltner answers these questions in a recent feature on The Mel Robbins Podcast (@melrobbins). bit.ly/4wTxe6V

Why are fans flocking to the new horror-comedy ‘Widow’s Bay’? Berkeley professor Abigail De Kosnik explains why the hit TV show’s mix of genre play, dark humor, and original storytelling has resonated so widely. bit.ly/4yCWbFq

UC Berkeley’s Possibility Lab creates a new model for higher education by ensuring everyday Californians shape state policy. Through civic engagement, they turn public insights on key issues, including housing and climate, into data lawmakers can use. bit.ly/4wl15Fu

Is AI the “ultimate cheating machine” or the biggest opportunity education has seen in decades? Read more: newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/from-ultimate-…

Meet Sahasra Vellanki, BS 29, a second-year Haas undergrad double majoring in Business and Data Science — and her dad, Ravi Vellanki, who just started his Executive MBA journey as part of the Class of 2028. 💙💛 #BerkeleyHaas #UCBerkeley newsroom.haas.berkeley.edu/like-father-li…

ICYMI hashtag#OBI's latest Blog on #WorldCup & #Belonging by Jose Richard Aviles "Belonging is in the fans' hands, and the question is whether we can carry it beyond the game. What would it mean to alchemize fandom into civic life?"