Students in the HBCU-Berkeley Environmental Scholars for Change Program got a taste of California agriculture during a recent visit to the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier, California.
Fifty Years of Excellence
UC Berkeley's Rausser College of Natural Resources celebrates its milestone 50th anniversary.
Vernard Lewis honored by Pest Control Operators of California
Lewis, a world-renowned termite expert and professor emerit of Cooperative Extension, received the organization’s Harvey Logan Lifetime Achievement Award.
Improving the resilience of California’s pinyon-juniper woodlands
ESPM professor Miranda Redmond is leading a collaborative research project aimed at expanding Indigenous forest stewardship of the culturally important woodland ecosystems.
Unveiling the hidden culprits of air pollution in Los Angeles
A new study led by UC Berkeley researchers found that trees and plants play an important role in the formation of summertime air pollution in the region.
Güneş Parlakgül receives 2024 Career Award for Medical Scientists
The adjunct assistant professor in NST will receive funding to support research on the role of endoplasmic reticulum structure in fatty liver disease.
Paolo D’Odorico awarded international water prize
The ESPM professor was awarded the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, which recognizes cutting-edge innovation in water research.
UC Berkeley ecologists featured in new Cal Academy exhibit
A new urban ecology exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco spotlights research from ESPM professor Christopher Schell and postdocs Lauren Stanton and Christine Wilkinson.
Study shows PFAS threat to drinking water in rural, predominantly Latinx communities
A study led by ESPM and ERG researchers finds that public wells in communities of color might be disproportionately contaminated with harmful "forever chemicals."
Can engineered plants help make baby formula as nutritious as breast milk?
New research from the lab of PMB professor Patrick Shih shows that plants may hold the secret to improving commercial infant formula.
Historical redlining linked to lower urban wildlife biodiversity in California
Historically redlined neighborhoods in four of California’s largest cities have significantly lower levels of native and non-native wildlife biodiversity compared to their greenlined counterparts.
PMB researchers use CRISPR/Cas9 to alter photosynthesis for the first time
A RIPE team led by PMB professor Krishna Niyogi and alum Dhruv Patel-Tupper, PhD '22, used CRISPR/Cas9 to increase gene expression in rice by changing its upstream regulatory DNA.
New insights into metabolic adaptation to nutritional changes
A new study by the lab of NST professor Ana Paula Arruda details how liver cells reorganize their internal membrane structures to adapt to changes in nutrient availability.
New banners celebrate 50 years of the College of Natural Resources
The banners commemorate groundbreaking research, educational excellence, and outreach and engagement across departments and disciplines.
Q&A: Berkeley Food Institute at Ten
The Institute’s leadership—including its new Executive Director Jeanne Merrill—reflect on BFI’s impact and visions for the future.
Water in California’s streams is poorly monitored, impeding effective management
Berkeley researchers identify gaps in California’s stream monitoring network and propose efficient remedies to improve water management
Alejandra Echeverri named CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar
The ESPM professor will receive two years of funding and research support for early career researchers from the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
A half-century of plant immunity breakthroughs
Professor Emerit Brian Staskawicz and co-authors break down the last half-century of breakthroughs in the study of plant immunity in the 50th-anniversary issue of Cell.
Three Rausser College faculty receive 2024 Spark Awards
Professors Daniel Nomura, Joseph Shapiro, and Patrick Shih will receive funding, resources, and mentorship for entrepreneurial success from the Bakar Fellows Program.
Student Spotlight: Abi Shiva
The Environmental Sciences and Legal Studies graduate served as the undergraduate speaker for the 2024 Rausser College Commencement held on May 13.