Rausser College News

A new study led by UC Berkeley researchers identifies why cancer and other fast-growing cells choose a less efficient way to produce energy.Read more about Cancer cells opt for faster, less efficient energy creation

Berkeley Forests researchers who manage Whitaker’s Forest intentionally set fire at the site for the first time in over 50 years. The prescribed burn was carried out to advance research as well as to serve as a maintenance treatment following a 2021 wildfire in the area.Read more about Prescribed burn was first at Whitaker’s Forest in half a century

As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, Rausser College hosted a special Albright Lecture featuring National Geographic Society CEO Jill Tiefenthaler.Read more about Meeting the Moment: Embracing Change at the National Geographic Society

As part of a visit to campus last week, Rausser College of Natural Resources was honored to host Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics and USDA's Chief Scientist, for a visit at the UC Berkeley’s Oxford Facility.Read more about USDA Under Secretary Jacobs-Young Tours Oxford Facility

The adjunct assistant professor in NST will receive funding to support research on the role of endoplasmic reticulum structure in fatty liver disease.Read more about Güneş Parlakgül receives 2024 Career Award for Medical Scientists

A new study by the Arruda lab details how liver cells reorganize their internal membrane structures to adapt to changes in nutrient availability.Read more about New insights into metabolic adaptation to nutritional changes

Professor Emerit Brian Staskawicz and co-authors break down the last half-century of breakthroughs in the study of plant immunity in the 50th-anniversary issue of Cell.Read more about A half-century of plant immunity breakthroughs

A Stanford Medicine study co-authored by NST researchers identified a peptide that suppressed appetite and led to weight loss in mice and pigs without the side effects associated with Ozempic.Read more about MNSD Students Attend California Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Advocacy Summit

Recent visitors to the Gill Tract might have noticed something different: a large multipurpose facility has replaced the shipping containers on the research field adjacent to the Gill Tract Community Farm.Read more about New Agricultural Operations Building now open at the Gill Tract

Learn more about the history of Rausser College of Natural Resources, which dates back to the very beginning of the University of California in 1868.Read more about Charting the trajectory of the College

For decades, the Gill Tract has been a living laboratory for student- and faculty-led plant and agricultural research at UC Berkeley. But for far longer than that, the site has provided important habitat for migrating western monarch butterflies.Read more about Revitalizing the Gill Tract’s habitat for monarch butterflies

Five new faculty members, recruited through the campus-wide Climate Equity and Environmental Justice cluster initiative, will strengthen research in the areas of climate mitigation, adaptation, and sustainable development through an equity and environmental justice lens.Read more about New faculty to focus on climate change and environmental justice

The College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley, has been renamed the Rausser College of Natural Resources in honor of a landmark $50 million gift by Gordon Rausser, former dean of the college and the Robert Gordon Sproul Distinguished Professor Emeritus of agricultural...Read more about College of Natural Resources receives $50 million naming gift

Watson “Mac” Laetsch, a distinguished professor emeritus of plant biology and former Vice Chancellor at UC Berkeley, passed away at his home on January 5th.Read more about Obituary: Watson "Mac" Laetsch