Berkeley ranked #1 for Environment/Ecology in annual report from U.S. News & World Report.
CNR experts on Northern California’s wildfires
Faculty and researchers share research findings, strategies for wildfire management, and policy recommendations.
Berkeley and Novartis collaborate to tackle ‘undruggable’ disease targets
Collaboration aims to unlock difficult drug targets and accelerate the discovery of new therapeutics.
As biotic communities form, pollinators swap one plant for another
A new study from UC Berkeley researchers helps create a clearer understanding of how networks of plants and pollinators form over time to create communities.
New research: synthetic molecule targets breast cancer growth
A new study identifies and maps how a natural chemical found in Indian winter cherry suppresses breast cancer cell growth.
KQED takes a "Deep Look" at daddy longlegs
KQED featured ESPM grad student Ignacio Escalante's research on daddy longlegs' movements in their "Deep Look" video series.
New collaboration between metabolic biology graduate program, UCSF
Graduate students studying metabolic biology in the department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology now have the opportunity to work with select UCSF faculty, thanks to a new partnership.
India's rising suicide rate linked to failing crops, poverty
A new study by graduate student Tamma Carleton links climate change to increased suicide rates among India's farmers.
Stress worsens effects of toxic chemicals in pregnant women
A new study indicates that the impact of a pregnant woman’s exposure to several toxic chemicals commonly found in the environment was generally larger if the mother was stressed.