Office of Environment Health and Safety

In a recent review, Berkeley Lab researchers identified indoor air-filtration strategies to mitigate the spread of infectious airborne diseases in the hopes of reducing superspreading events and outbreaks in congregate public spaces.

As UC Berkeley prepares to resume in-person instruction in the fall, several faculty members have raised concerns over poor ventilation in Dwinelle Hall and Wheeler Hall, posing questions about safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

As part of efforts to track levels of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, UC Berkeley announced its wastewater testing dashboard Wednesday, which monitors levels of the virus in sewage. 

When life came to a screeching halt last spring, Berkeley Student Farms — a coalition that sprouted into existence this past summer — found its purpose.

Roy Charles Waller, a former UC Berkeley employee, was convicted in the "NorCal Rapist" case Wednesday of all of the 46 charges leveled against him earlier this year.