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CRISPR named Science's Breakthrough of 2015

Science magazine names CRISPR ‘Breakthrough of the Year’

UC Berkeley

December 21, 2015

Genome-editing technology invented at UC Berkeley is year’s top innovation.

Research that got the world buzzing in 2015

From the source of plastic amassing in the world’s oceans to the cost of carbon accumulating in its atmosphere, eye-opening findings by UC researchers were among the academic studies that most captured public interest in 2015.

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Research that got the world buzzing in 2015

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Online learning, from Biochemistry to Basque

UC Newsroom

December 14, 2015

Growing catalog expands access to classes, from niche subjects to core curriculum.

How UC is playing a unique role in race against climate change

How UC is playing a unique role in global race against climate change

California Magazine

December 9, 2015

UC is a participant in Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Coalition and has proposed 10 scalable solutions for "carbon neutrality and climate stability" in California.

UC only university to join coalition led by Bill Gates to invest in climate solutions

UC and the 28-member coalition will back early-stage technology to tackle global climate change.

UC creates five new inventions per day

UC Newsroom

July 30, 2015

In 2014, UC research led to 86 new startups and 1,769 new inventions — nearly five per day – amid a booming startup culture.

(From left) Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan and Garrison Sposito talk at the kickoff of the Edible Education course at UC Berkeley.

Food education streams into the spotlight

UC Newsroom

January 27, 2015

The Edible Education 101 course at UC Berkeley kicked off Monday (Jan. 26) with a lecture by Michael Pollan not only for students but also live-streamed for the public.

Q-and-A with Rose Hayden-Smith, UC Food Observer

UC Newsroom

January 26, 2015

UC has launched UC Food Observer, featuring must-read news on food policy, nutrition, agriculture and more. Find out more in this Q&A with UC Food Observer curator Rose Hayden-Smith, a UC academic, author and historian.

Why carrots taste sweeter in winter

UCLA's Liz Roth-Johnson explains why carrots have more sugar when it's cold outside.

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Dec. 21 message from President Michael V. Drake to the UC chancellors

UC President Michael V. Drake, M.D., sent the following letter today (Dec. 21) to the 10 UC chancellors about the evolving situation with the omicron variant. Please see the full text below.

December 21, 2021

Dear Chancellors,

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