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New study takes a look at the overarching effects of salary benchmarking on employees and companies.
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For more than a century, biologists have wondered what the earliest animals were like when they first arose in the ancient oceans over half a billion years ago.
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Marqusee will begin her appointment on June 30, with plans to maintain her Berkeley lab while at the NSF under the agency’s Independent Research/Development program.
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Pamela Samuelson delivered a Distinguished Lectures on the Status and Future of AI. Her talk explores whether the texts and images generated by artificial intelligence (AI) should be protected under copyright law. 
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African American Studies Professor Leigh Raiford and Berkeley Law Professor Saira Mohamed are winners of the annual Berlin Prize.
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Combining the field of economics with statistics and computer science, Michael Jordan’s lecture aims to provide a broader conceptual foundation for emerging real-world artificial intelligence systems.
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New research shows that long-standing policies and deeply rooted inequity likely explain why Black defendants in certain parts of the country are more likely than others to be held in jail before trial. 
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New research has shown that people who experience periods of high inflation in their lifetimes are significantly more likely to own a home.
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New research shows that financial incentives increase both the frequency and duration that people work.
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A recent Berkeley Law symposium confronted excessive use of police force, identifying obstacles to victims’ access to the courts and officer accountability, and exploring potential solutions. 
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Five UC Berkeley faculty members will join the AI Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION).
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Researchers found that prenatal exposure to discrimination and violence during the apartheid regime in South Africa predicted mental health problems in individuals whose households were particularly stressful.
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Deep sleep can act as a “cognitive reserve factor” that may increase resilience against a protein in the brain that is linked to memory loss caused by dementia.
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Research has led to a consensus of ethical Indigenous principles that outline eight critical elements for psychedelic researchers to consider in their trials and practice.
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There are now 156 UC Berkeley faculty members in the ranks of the NAS.
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The award recognizes her outstanding scholarship documenting the experiences of Filipino nurses in U.S. history and the importance of that history for understanding ongoing issues in healthcare.