Most scientists believe the brain houses our capacity for consciousness. Berkeley philosopher Alva Noë argues in his book, Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, that consciousness is also a function of the exchange between us and the world with which we interact.

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Berkeley economics experts offered their views of the current global economic downturn at a recent event in San Francisco, held in the aftermath of the Group of 20 meeting London.

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An art history major, Jean Afterman acted with the Berkeley Shakespeare Festival after graduating from Cal in 1979. Today she is the  vice president and assistant general manager of the New York Yankees — one of only three women holding executive positions in Major League Baseball.

UC Berkeley biologists have found what they think is a critical piece of the puzzle about how stress causes sexual dysfunction and infertility. In particular, the new research shows that stress increases brain levels of the reproductive hormone named gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone.