A new report by UC Berkeley researchers questions the health claims of popular energy, sports, tea and fruit drinks on the market.
Global wildlife decline driving slave labor and organized crime
BERKELEY – Global decline of wildlife populations is driving increases in violent conflicts, organized crime and child labor around the world, according to a policy paper led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley a big part of new UC initiative on global food needs
The University of California is launching an initiative to marshal resources across the UC campuses – including Berkeley’s 90 courses, 150 faculty and staff and multiple institutes and centers devoted to the study of agriculture and food – to address global challenges related to food.
GSI's Honor Huntsinger with Mentorship Award
The UC Berkeley Graduate Division's Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs was presented to ESPM professor Lynn Huntsinger for providing GSIs with guidance and mentorship in teaching.
Study sheds light on how plants "put the brakes" on growth
A team of researchers led by the Quail Lab at UC Berkeley has zeroed in on the important process of “attenuation,” the way cells guard against potentially harmful overreactions to the external cues that enable them to adapt to prevailing condition
California sees big drop in wintertime fog needed by fruit and nut trees
California's winter tule fog - hated by drivers, but needed by fruit and nut trees - has declined dramatically over the past three decades, raising a red flag for the state's multibillion dollar agricultural industry, according to researchers at t
Top graduating senior makes a splash in water policy
Water and sanitation access warrior Rebecca Peters, 23, is this year’s winner of the University Medal, which goes to UC Berkeley’s top graduating senior. Peters is graduating with a double major in society and environment and interdisciplinary studies.
NRDC and Berkeley Food Institute Announce Winners of the 2014 Growing Green Awards
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Berkeley Food Institute celebrate four remarkable leaders who are advancing sustainable food and agriculture at the sixth annual Growing Green Awards.
Inez Fung elected to AAAS
Inez Fung, a professor of environmental science, policy, and management, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), it was announced last week.
New biomarker discovery can help scientists ID sudden oak death-susceptible trees
UC Berkeley and Ohio State University researchers have developed a way to predict the resistance or susceptibility of trees to sudden oak death disease, providing forest managers with the first effective method to manage trees in infested and adjoining natural areas and in adjoining areas.
Corporate-funded academic inventions spur increased innovation, analysis says
Academic research sponsored by industry has a strong track record of leading to innovative patents and licenses, challenging assumptions that it is publically-funded research that leads to the most useful inventions, according to a new analysis.
Inez Fung leads U.S. team in climate change report
The U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the the U.K. Royal Society issued a joint publication that distills climate change science in an effort to help policymakers and the larger public make informed decisions and develop effective responses for mitigating its damaging effects.
Kenneth R. Farrell, former UC ANR vice president, is dead at 87
Kenneth R. Farrell, former University of California vice president for Agriculture and Natural Resources, died following a brief illness in Walnut Creek, Calif., on Jan. 24. He was 87.
Key process in photosynthesis likely evolved before oxygen
Discovery opens up new areas of microbiology and evolutionary biology
By Zeke Barlow, Virginia Tech Public Affairs
Please do not squish this toad
If you’re trying to save Yosemite toads, keeping large animals with hooves such as cows away from the small squishable amphibians would seem like a good start. UC scientists conducted research to confirm such suspicions.
ERG's Fraker named 2014's top architecture educator
Harrison Fraker, a professor of architecture known for his trailblazing work in sustainability and a former dean of the College of Environmental Design, is the 2014 recipient of the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, the leading award in architectural education in the United States.
Classroom treaty talks speak volumes on climate politics
By Steve Hockensmith, UC Berkeley News Center
Senior With Passion for Water rights Wins Prestigious Marshall Scholarship
By Carol Ness, UC Berkeley Public Affairs.