UC Berkeley and four California and Oregon tribes collaborated on a comprehensive food security assessment.
Harnessing the cellular “trash can” to fight cancer
Nimbolide, a natural product found from the neem tree, acts as a recruiting molecule to limit cancer spread.
What drives Yellowstone’s massive elk migrations?
Elk are adapting to changing climate cues, but migratory shifts may create ripple effects throughout the region.
Berkeley joins Global Alliance of Universities on Climate
Dean David Ackerly represented UC Berkeley as the university joined the alliance along with 11 other institutions.
12 CNR students win Big Ideas Contest
The contest highlights and awards innovative student-led projects and aims to help students spark social change.
Program highlight: Graduate Certificate in Food Systems
The program provides graduates with skills that can be applied across diverse and emerging food systems.
Video: College of Natural Resources 2019 commencement
Watch the 2019 ceremony video, featuring commencement speaker Saru Jayaraman.
Student Spotlight: Big Ideas award winners
Two CNR students share the inspiration behind their recent award-winning research, which aims to use microbes to breakdown plastic waste.
Biologists welcome new UC research station at Point Reyes
Berkeley’s new field station facilitates access to thousands in West Marin for those conducting ecological or other research.
Strawberries, succulents and saplings make unique ‘living diplomas’
For conservation and resource studies graduates, paper diplomas just won’t do.
Climate change adversely affects biodiversity
Professor Dan Kammen notes how human activities and climate change put many species at risk.
2019 Rausser College Photo Contest Winners
The nearly 200 images submitted to the 2019 Rausser College photo contest represent the wide-ranging activities of the college community and the beauty of our world.
Investment in renewable energy could save tropical rivers
Berkeley energy and river experts argue that investing in renewable technologies could be safer and cheaper than building large dams.
When Science is Social
A Q&A with Heidi Ballard, PhD ’04, who is founder and faculty director of UC Davis’s Center for Community and Citizen Science.
CNR students, faculty receive Chancellor’s Awards
This year’s honorees were recognized for their public service and sustainability leadership
Social Insects
Neil Tsutsui's lab invites the public to join the scientific process through citizen science and outreach projects.
Leading the citizen science contagion
Coopertive Extension Specialist Matteo Garbelotto is on a mission to enlist citizen scientists to stomp out sudden oak death in California.
David Zilberman elected to National Academy of Sciences
The agricultural and resource economics professor is one of eight UC Berkeley faculty elected this year.
This millipede and beetle have a toxic relationship
Research from alumnus Brandt Weary and professor Kipling Will has been featured in KQED’s Deep Look video series.
Susan Hubbard elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Hubbard is a leading expert in quantifying the hydrological and biogeochemical behavior of environmental systems.