Press Room

The Rausser College of Natural Resources includes UC Berkeley faculty, Cooperative Extension specialists, graduate students, and undergraduates working in a variety of research areas related to:

  • Agriculture and agricultural economics
  • Energy technologies and policy
  • Environmental and climate-change science, policy, and ecology
  • Fire science, safety, and policy
  • Food safety, food supply, food additives
  • Insects and wildlife biology
  • Natural Resources: science, ecology, and conservation of water, soil, and energy.
  • Obesity, childhood obesity, nutrition
  • Plant and microbial biology, genetically modified organisms
  • Sustainable energy, farming systems, natural resource management, etc.

Contact details

For help locating Rausser College faculty experts or for other press inquiries, contact:

Julie Gipple
Communications Director
ON LEAVE AS OF NOVEMBER 2025
julie_gipple@berkeley.edu

Mathew Burciaga
Communications Specialist
mburciaga@berkeley.edu
(510) 664-5122

News

November 18, 2025

Tucson Spotlight
MOCA exhibit spotlights south side's long fight for clean water

Features Sunaura Taylor, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

November 17, 2025

East Bay Times
Into the fog: Researching the California coastal staple

Features Todd Dawson, Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

November 14, 2025

TIME
The Rise, Fall, and Potential Return of the Food Pyramid

Features Kevin Klatt, assistant research scientist in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology.

Virginia Tech News
Study to examine if water filters can improve health for households in rural Appalachia

Features Isha Ray, Professor in The Energy and Resources Group.

November 12, 2025

FarmProgress
Pot farms put tribal cultural resources at risk

Features Jennifer Sowerwine, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

November 8, 2025

San Francisco Chronicle
These endangered predators have finally returned. Should California be killing them?

Features Arthur Middleton, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

November 1, 2025

Healdsberg Patch
CA Kills Wolfpack Living Off Livestock, Signaling Golden State Wildlife Dilemma

Features Arthur Middleton and Justin Brashares, Professors in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and Kaggie Orrick, director of California Wolf Project

October 30, 2025

New York Times
The Reality of Living With Wolves, Bears and Mountain Lions

Features Arthur Middleton and Justin Brashares, Professors in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and Kaggie Orrick, director of California Wolf Project

National Geographic
The comeback of California’s gray wolves just took a tragic turn

Features Arthur Middleton, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

October 29, 2025

Berkeley News
Explaining the power of synthetic plant biology in 101 seconds

Watch Patrick Shih, a professor of Plant and Microbial Biology, describe how synthetic plant biology can transform plants into platforms for producing valuable compounds such as therapeutics, nutrients, and renewable fuels.

October 28, 2025

SF Gate
California just killed 4 endangered gray wolves. Here's why.

Features Kaggie Orrick, director of California Wolf Project.

October 27, 2025

KQED
California Takes Unprecedented Step of Killing 4 Endangered Wolves After Cattle Attacks

Features Kaggie Orrick, director of California Wolf Project.

October 24, 2025

Daily Californian
UC Berkeley professor Elisabeth Sadoulet remembered as tireless, caring, and mentor to colleagues and students

Featuring Elisabeth Sadoulet, a Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

October 23, 2025

LA Times
The safety of your water could be related to how your water utility is run

Features Kristin Dobbin, Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

October 22, 2025

Ag Alert
Farmworkers set fear aside to pick California bounty

Features Alexandra Hill, Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics.

October 21, 2025

KMPH/FOX 26 News
Delayed prescribed burn blamed for worsening Garnet Fire destruction in Sierra Nevada

Features Scott Stephens, professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

University of California
UC faculty and alums behind 13 of TIME's Best Inventions of 2025

Features alum Gavin McCormick, MS '13 Agricultural and Resource Economics.

October 20, 2025

Men's Health
Now They're Saying This Vitamin Could Be the Cause —And Cure—for Autism. Here’s What the Science Really Says.

Features Kevin Klatt, assistant research scientist in the Department Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology.

October 16, 2025

Berkeley News
Breaking down the wonder of viruses in 101 seconds

Professor Britt Glaunsinger explains how gaining a better scientific understanding of viruses and how they work could result in better health outcomes for patients.

October 14, 2025

Berkeley News
Why the ocean needs a new narrative

Marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco explains how the story of the ocean as endlessly bountiful and resilient has led to its degradation, and why we need to embrace a new narrative: that it's too big to ignore.