This summer Berkeley’s highly regarded and popular Film Studies program will take the notable step of becoming a full-blown department — the first newly created department at Berkeley since 1996. The program serves 100 undergraduate and 30 graduate students.
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Film Studies Program Elevated to Department Status
L&S Scientists Awarded $100,000 Gates Foundation Grants
Jennifer Doudna and John Ngai, Berkeley professors of molecular and cell biology, will receive $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grants from the Gates Foundation for innovative research that could impact global health.
L&S Program Asks Students to Bring Their Genes to Cal
Going to college is always a test of who you are, but never more literally so than it will be next fall. Freshmen in the College of Letters and Science will find out what they’re made of — genetically speaking — while exploring one of the most exciting, cutting-edge areas of modern science.
The Benefits of Deepening Ties with China
Members of a delegation from Tsinghua University, one of China’s premier research universities, visited UC Berkeley for a special symposium in early April. This unique event took place as faculty and student exchanges between Berkeley and Chinese universities are rapidly expanding.
California Assembly Endorses Election Auditing Method
Should it become law, Berkeley Professor Philip Stark's technique for auditing voting results may be mandated statewide, finally giving election officials a reliable method to check machine counts as well as the accuracy of outcomes in close races.
Tim White Among Time Magazine's 100
UC Berkeley professor Tim White of "Ardi" and "Lucy" fame was named by Time magazine one of 100 people who most affect our world. Since 1981, White's team has collected thousands of fossils from Ethiopia. Their masterpiece, unveiled last October, is one of the oldest (4.4 million-year-old) and most complete skeletons in the human family.
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