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The 2023 Citation Laureate is a distinction that recognizes both as amongst the world's top economists whose work is considered to be of Nobel-prize class.
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Bin Yu, a 2022 Fellow with the UC Noyce Initiative, is applying cutting edge data science techniques to pressing issues in health and medicine.
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Researchers identify and analyze the severe impacts of early malnutrition in infants.
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Voter attitudes suggest campaigns for compensation "will face a steep uphill climb.”
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PitchBook 2023 data shows that Berkeley undergraduate students and alumni have created more companies than founders from any other university in the world.
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Cathryn Carson reflects on the transformative potential of AI while highlighting its valuable lessons on both proactive and cautionary measures for shaping our future.
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Racism expressed through cultural norms can perpetuate negative health outcomes for nonwhite groups, according to a study by UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
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UC Berkeley professor delves deeper into our country's political divide and the specific factors that might be involved.
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Professor Siu will serve as the point of contact for Organized Research Units, provide overall strategic advice to the VCR, and serve as the Research Integrity Officer. 
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Ziyang Zhang, a 2022 Rose Hills Innovator, uses his synthetic chemistry background to design new small molecules to treat autoimmune disease and cancer. 
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California agencies will collaborate with UC Berkeley and Stanford University to study the impacts of generative AI on the state and its workforce.
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New treatments for cancer and heart disease and new tools to remove tumors are among seven innovations selected this year to receive a Bakar Fellows Spark Award, of which multiple recipients are UC Berkeley faculty.
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From deadly fungi and toxic tides to wildfire smoke, School of Public Health researchers are racing to identify and mitigate the health hazards of climate change.
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New study finds that the same neurons that help bats navigate through space may also help them navigate collective social environments.
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With schools staggered by COVID, student struggles and teacher shortages, new UC Berkeley dean Michelle D. Young hopes innovation can bring better, more equitable education.
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Three University of California and UC Berkeley institutions will host a fall speaker series to inform and engage researchers, students and others in discussions about AI.