DOJ launches investigation into Stanford admissions policies
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to investigate the University's compliance with the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action.| The Stanford Daily
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed the DOJ to investigate the University's compliance with the 2023 U.S. Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action.| The Stanford Daily
For over a decade, the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at UC Berkeley has hosted the Engineering Leadership Professional Program (ELPP), which has helped more than 1,000 technical professionals hone their leadership skills and bring an innovative spirit to their firms. On February 28, Marc Tarpenning (B.A. Computer Science ‘85), co-founder of Tesla… The post Innovation and Engineering Leadership with Marc Tarpenning, Co-Founder, Tesla Inc. appeared first on UC B...| UC Berkeley Professional Education
AI luminary Andrew Ng recently shared his insights on the future of AI at a Berkeley event titled “How AI Will Change the World (for Good)” hosted by The House Fund with support from the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET). Ng, one of the world’s most respected AI experts, emphasized the transformative potential… The post “AI is the New Electricity”: Insights from Dr. Andrew Ng appeared first on UC Berkeley Professional Education.| UC Berkeley Professional Education
The journey to entrepreneurial success can be a long and winding road, but for Andrew Laffoon, it started right here at UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology. As a recipient of the Center’s Certificate of Engineering Management and Innovation program, Laffoon went on to co-found and serve as CEO of Mixbook, a leading…| UC Berkeley Professional Education
A new study suggests that chimpanzees in the wild are consuming the equivalent of several alcoholic drinks each day.| The Debrief
The BCSP is looking for a leader to craft the Center's voice as an authority in the psychedelic field. The post The BCSP Is Hiring a Communications Director appeared first on UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics.| UC Berkeley Center for the Science of Psychedelics
This season, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) is showcasing a remarkable retrospective of work by Lee ShinJa, one of South Korea’s most important and influential artists. At the age of 95, Lee's extraordinary five-decade career has made her one of the most distinguished Korean fiber artists of the twentieth century. Her retrospective at BAMPFA, the artist’s first in the United States, is a rare opportunity for Bay Area audiences to discover her celebrated work fir...| 7x7 Bay Area
The Bay Area’s largest vegan block party — the Bizerkeley Vegan Food Festival — returns Sunday, Sept. 7 I’m Erika Hazel, also known as The Bizerkeley Vegan, and I’m the founder and host of the Bizerkeley Food Festival. On Sunday, Sept. 7 from noon to 6 p.m., we’ll celebrate our fifth year, and this is […] The post 10 things to get you excited about this weekend’s Bizerkeley Food Festival appeared first on VegansBaby.| VegansBaby
The new policy requires that one- to four-unit buildings undergo upgrades that reduce planet-warming emissions around the time a structure is sold.| www.kqed.org
The utility giant paid the firm nearly $3.5 million, roughly one-third of which was initially billed to ratepayers. Environmental and ratepayer advocates say SoCalGas consistently uses underhanded tactics to fight state and local electrification efforts.| www.kqed.org
Astounding as it may seem, some people are saying that summer is over—a sentiment likely stemming from the fact that our public school system somehow crept up its start date to early August (anyone over the age of twenty will remember that school always started after Labor Day). Sadly, this pretty m...| 7x7 Bay Area
Przemyslaw Jeziorski, a tenured professor at the University of California, Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, was fatally shot on July 4 on the outskirts| Local News Matters
Housing Justice is Abolition Justice By Sarah Weaver Introduction I started my internship experience at the Freedom Archives with an interest and academic background in local organizing struggles against resource capitalism, focally grounded in prior research on People’s Park. In Read More »| Freedom Archives
In this University of California (UC) Office of Scholarly Communication blog series, we highlight the successes and challenges of leading journals published by UC’s eScholarship Publishing program through interviews with journal editors. Our latest interview is with editors of Parks Stewardship Forum (PSF): Jonathan B. Jarvis (Editorial Board member), Rebecca Conard (Co-Managing Editor), and David Harmon (Co-Managing Editor). In a few sentences, describe how Parks Stewardship Forum started ...| Office of Scholarly Communication
From Olympians to record-breaking trailblazers, these Bay Area women in running history redefined resilience—proving women are limitless.| Berkeley Half Marathon
A new preprint at bioRxiv by Kerdoncuff et al. makes the following, somewhat surprising, claim: One of the individuals, referred to Sarazm_EN_1 (I4290) described above that was discovered with shell bangles showing affiliation with South Asia, has significant amount AHG-related ancestry, while a model without AHG-related ancestry provides the best fit for Sarazm_EN_2 (I4210) (Table S4.5). First| Eurogenes Blog
I'm amazed at how much I don't know once I start researching vintage items.| Perennial Vintage Supply
Can building multicultural bridges through art bring about positive change?| Jed Riffe Films
Cyclists often complain about Strava’s downsides even as they are unable to resist its addictive appeal. The constant feedback of performance data and social comparison encourages users to constantly strive harder without taking pleasure in the more enjoyable parts of the sport.| david sasaki
Nuclear fusion processes similar to the sun’s have the potential to transform energy production on Earth. At least that’s the goal of California-based TAE Technologies, which plans to build the world’s first prototype hydrogen-boron fusion power plant, called Da Vinci, in the early 2030s. With Da Vinci, TAE’s seventh-generation test machine, the company seeks to […]| Exascale Computing Project
A new psychedelic salon in Berkeley seeks to establish a collegial, non-commercial, intergenerational community that harkens back to old-school psychedelic community discussions.| Lucid News - Psychedelics, Consciousness Technology, and the Future of Wellness
