Matthew Yoshimoto

The university selected a group of 28 UC doctoral and postdoctoral students for the fourth class of UC President’s Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings Fellows last Thursday. This select group will attend the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany in late June.

Studying a molecule’s vibrational changes can provide insight into how light can be used as a means to “finely tune” the dissociation of a molecule.

Strawberry Creek Ventures creates venture capital funds focused on UC Berkeley startup companies, with an investor base made up of campus alumni and other members of the entrepreneurial community.

UC President Michael Drake and Board of Regents Chair Richard Leib issued a statement Thursday about expanding “enriching” employment opportunities for students, regardless of their immigration status.

Berkeley’s eviction moratorium expired the end of April and entered its transition period, which will last until Aug. 31.

UC Berkeley Social Sciences Dean Raka Ray announced plans Tuesday to turn the George and Mary Foster Anthropology Library into an open space for students, faculty and community members, which will be controlled by the Anthropology Department, UC Berkeley spokesperson Janet Gilmore said in an email.

In 1968, UC Berkeley graduate students Emma Gee and Yuji Ichioka coined the term “Asian American” when naming the student organization the Asian American Political Alliance, or the AAPA.

UC Berkeley has identified its next two sites for student housing development at 2200 Bancroft Way and 2302 Channing Way. Between both developments, preliminary estimates suggest at least 2,700 new beds.

The campus chemistry and computer science departments ranked number one in the country in the U.S. News & World Report 2023-24 graduate school rankings, joining previous first-place finishes in English, history, psychology and sociology.

The sugar-sweetened beverage, or SSB, tax, implemented in Oakland in 2017, significantly reduced the number of purchases of soda and sugary drinks, according to a study published Tuesday in PLOS Medicine.