Five UC Berkeley faculty members — three of them in the College of Letters and Science — have been appointed Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators. The L&S faculty members are Yang Dan, Abby F. Dernburg and Michael B. Eisen.
News Archive
Viral "Arms Race" Between Virus and Host Documented by Researcher
UC Berkeley researchers have for the first time documented the "arms race" within the genes of both viruses and their hosts. The research is described in the May 23 issue of Science.
New Images Reveal Major Upheaval on Jupiter
Increased turbulence and storms first observed on Jupiter more than two years ago are still raging, according to astronomers from the UC Berkeley and the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii, who snapped high-resolution pictures of the planet earlier this month.
Historian Tyler Stovall Named L&S Undergraduate Dean
Professor Tyler Stovall will be the new dean of the Undergraduate Division of the College of Letters and Science beginning July 1. Stovall is a respected history professor who has made modern France, race, labor, and class issues his specialties.
New L&S Initiative to Promote Entrepreneurial Activity
The College of Letters and Science in collaboration with the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship is launching the Entrepreneurial Initiative as a means to offer students key tools needed to turn ideas into practical enterprise. A new course will be offered in the fall as part of this initiative.
Graduating Senior an Infectious Disease Detective, University Medal Winner
Leslie Chung-Lei Sheu's dogged scientific curiosity, academic success and empathy for the downtrodden have earned her the University Medal, the campus's top honor for a graduating senior.
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