Sania Choudhary

A series of black-and-white portraits line the windows of the Li Ka Shing Center — each face is slightly covered by an outward-facing palm decorated with black ink.

A newly upgraded laser at the United States Department of Energy’s Stanford Linear Accelerator Laboratory, or SLAC, National Accelerator Laboratory produced its first X-rays with help from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Three new studies on early life malnutrition, authored by a team of UC Berkeley and UCSF researchers, were published in Nature last week. 

The average cost for a UC Berkeley student’s books, course materials, supplies and equipment per academic year is estimated to be $1,274, according to campus’s Financial Aid & Scholarships website. On top of tuition and other fees, costs for students often exceed expectations.

The United States has a constitutionally established federal system in which the Constitution, statutes and treaties are the supreme law of the land, according to Kathryn Abrams, Berkeley Law professor and faculty director of the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice. State law controls areas the federal law does not operate in.

Social housing has been gaining momentum recently: AB 309 was one of three social housing bills discussed this past year.

The UC Board of Admission and Relations with Schools, or BOARS, voted Friday to undo a decision to allow data science to count instead of Algebra II for UC undergraduate admissions requirements.

UC Berkeley students recently received reminders to complete their Student Health Insurance Plan, or SHIP, waiver by July 17. That is, to avoid paying the $75 late fee. In total, students pay 16 or more fees in addition to their tuition, according to the campus registrar's website.

Berkeley Law students in the Startup Law Initiative, or SLI, learn the law in action by partnering with Bay Area startups pro bono.

Berkeley City Council unanimously passed a new surveillance policy June 13 enabling the use of public security cameras by Berkeley Police Department in West Berkeley.