Haruka Senju

A study led by a UC Berkeley post-doctoral researcher has helped uncover the origin of the pathogen responsible for the Irish potato famine.

After nearly a decade of service, Cafe Gratitude, a restaurant on Shattuck Avenue known for its all-vegan menu, will be closing at the end of the year.

Hundreds of students, professors and scientists across a variety of fields gathered at the David Brower Center in Berkeley for a daylong symposium Monday honoring winners of the Breakthrough Prize, including two campus professors.

The Berkeley Planning Commission discussed Wednesday night opportunities to increase housing on Telegraph Avenue, an area occupied by many UC Berkeley students.

Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory published an article Thursday unveiling their insights into the previously unknown crystal structure of lithium- and manganese-enriched metal oxides found in batteries, the culmination of nearly four years of research.

Berkeley Student Cooperative led a series of focus groups last week as part of an ongoing effort to create a Person of Color theme house planned for the Fall 2016 semester.

Berkeley’s Police Review Commission recommended Wednesday that Berkeley Police Department continue to participate in Urban Shield amid community concerns about the program’s alleged culture of militarization and racial profiling, and concluded discussions of its report on BPD action during the December protests.

A Berkeley elementary school was met with generally positive reception after sending out a flyer Wednesday with guidelines for racially and ethnically based Halloween costumes.

A study published this month led by a researcher at the campus’s Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health, or CERCH, showed that making the switch to an organic diet could quickly reduce the body’s level of certain pesticides.

Berkeley City Councilmember Laurie Capitelli is under fire after a Friday report from the Bay Area News Group claimed that he profited from a 2009 housing loan from the city for which he voted.