View the Rausser College 2020 holiday video greeting.
20th Anniversary ELP Webinar Series: Max Auffhammer
The Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program series begins with a discussion on the incoming Biden Administration and the global environment.
Plant Immune Receptor Discovery Can Help Scientists Fight Agricultural Pandemics
Plant & Microbial Biology professor Brian Staskawicz made a critical step toward helping plants fight pathogens without pesticides.
“The responsibility belongs to all of us”
In an essay, Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology associate professor James Olzmann discusses advancing DEI in the biological sciences.
Public partnership announced on fire and forests
Berkeley and CAL FIRE formalize an agreement to collaborate on critical environmental research.
Hands on learning at home
Rausser College instructors have adapted creatively to engage students during remote learning.
Researchers receive grants from Bureau of Cannabis Control
The agency awarded $4.6 million to Berkeley, with most funding going to the Cannabis Research Center.
UC Berkeley receives grant to measure effects of Duchenne muscular dystrophy treatments
Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology professor William Evans studies methods to detect changes in total muscle mass.
Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program celebrates its 20th anniversary
The program trains annual cohorts of mid-career environmental professionals.
Peng Gong joins academic leadership at University of Hong Kong
Professor emeritus Peng Gong is a key collaborator with the Berkeley California-China Climate Institute.
Rausser College of Natural Resources 2020 Photo Contest
Submit your best images by January 6 for a chance to win prizes and to have your work featured online and in print.
UC Berkeley launches pop-up lab to monitor Bay Area sewage for COVID-19
Plant & Microbial Biology graduate students and an Energy & Resources Group alumna are involved in the project.
Study explores impact of cannabis expansion on Western wildlife
Graduate Phoebe Parker-Shames was the lead author of a new study on the environmental impacts of cannabis farming.
Protect the Antarctic Peninsula — before it’s too late
Energy & Resources Group graduate student Váleri Vasquez collaborated on this article published in Nature.
Student Spotlight: Aileen Lavelle
Fourth year undergraduate Aileen Lavelle has studied marine biology through various internship and educational opportunities.
Rausser College joins the California Biodiversity Network
The Network is a coalition of governmental, tribal, and scientific institutions to conserve the state’s biodiversity.
Professor Allen Goldstein elected to American Association for Aerosol Research Fellows
The Association honors Goldstein’s significant contributions to aerosol science and technology.
Researchers discover link between microRNA and metabolic disorders
An international team led by Anders Näär has uncovered a crucial regulator of energy metabolism, impacting metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Claire Kremen awarded Volvo Environment Prize
Kremen is recognized for her research in conservation biology and agricultural land use.
How a Google search led Jill Banfield to Jennifer Doudna
Professor Banfield on her early CRISPR connections with the Nobel laureate.