The Parks Institute will co-host three virtual panel discussions on the past and future of the BLM.
A Utilitarian Approach to Global Climate Policy Improves Equity, Environment, and Well-being
Using the ethical theory of utilitarianism would lead to better outcomes for human development, equity, and the climate, says a paper out this week in Nature Climate Change.
Student Spotlight: Audrey Slatkin
Fourth-year Conservation and Resource Studies major discusses her involvement with the Farmlink Project, a volunteer organization combating food waste and food insecurity.
Three faculty members named California Academy of Sciences Fellows
Stephanie Carlson, Damian Elias, and Lara Kueppers are recognized for their notable contributions to the natural sciences.
Inequality built into the grid
Grid constraints could limit equitable adoption of solar energy in California.
Fire and the foothills: reducing wildfire threats while boosting biodiversity
Research at two UC Natural Reserves aims to reduce wildfire threats while boosting biodiversity.
New faculty to focus on climate change and environmental justice
New scholars across the university will bolster its research addressing energy equity and climate impacts on communities of color, marginalized, and underrepresented groups.
Spotlight on campus cluster hires
Rausser faculty, in both the Climate Equity and Environmental Justice and the Native American and Indigenous Peoples cluster hires, are featured in Berkeley News.
Fall 2021 Incoming Rausser College Faculty
Rausser College is excited to welcome seven professors to the faculty this fall.
Patterns of income and urbanization linked to mammal biodiversity
Assistant professor of environmental science, policy, and management Christopher Schell co-authored a study published in the journal Global Change Biology.
How much wildfire smoke is infiltrating our homes?
Scientists used crowdsourced data to find out how well Californians are able to stay safe on smoky days.
Patrick Gonzalez to advise White House on climate change and biodiversity
Patrick Gonzalez, an associate adjunct professor of environmental science, policy, and management, joins the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Oil palm plantations reshape human hunting
Recent graduate alum Dave Kurz co-authored a study on shifting Indigenous practices now published in the journal People and Nature.
2021-2022 S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowship awardees
The annual fellowship supports advanced postdoctoral research in natural resources economics and political economy.
Drought and climate change shift tree disease in Sierra Nevada
In a study out today in Nature Communications, researchers at Berkeley and UC Davis explain the movement of infectious plant diseases.
New report details "first-of-its-kind" nutrition policy at Berkeley
Mary Lesser, a Nutritional Science & Toxicology researcher and lecturer, co-authored a report on the campus-wide program in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.
National Science Foundation awards $10 million to alliance of Native American institutions
With the funding, researchers at Berkeley and the University of Arizona aim to increase Indigenous participation in STEM education.
Why Sunflowers Face East
In a new study, scientists in the Blackman Lab have helped explain how sunlight orientation is connected to plant reproduction and pollination.
Indonesia: Spectacles of Small-scale Gold Mining
In a photo series exhibited on the UC Berkeley Library website, professor Nancy Lee Peluso documents her ethnographic fieldwork.
Rausser College athletes compete in 2020 Olympics
This summer, seven Rausser students and alumni joined the global competition in Tokyo.