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Campus & community

[Ron Rivera announced as general manager of Cal football program](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/20/ron-rivera-announced-as-general-manager-of-cal-football-program/)

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In the newly-created role, Rivera will lend his extensive leadership experience to the team, both on and off the field.

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Campus & community

[Hundreds rally on Sproul Plaza to protest attacks on higher education](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/20/hundreds-rally-on-sproul-plaza-to-protest-attacks-on-higher-education/)

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Research

[No robot can match a squirrel’s ability to leap from limb to limb — until now](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/19/no-robot-can-match-a-squirrels-ability-to-leap-from-limb-to-limb-until-now/)

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Awards

[‘Tremendously effective teachers’: Five UC Berkeley instructors receive Distinguished Teaching Award](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/19/tremendously-effective-teachers-the-2025-distinguished-teaching-award-goes-to-five-uc-berkeley-instructors/)

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Spotlight: Federal Updates

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### [UC updates on federal policy issues](https://federal-updates.berkeley.edu/)

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](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/28/a-message-about-our-commitment-to-uc-berkeleys-values-and-mission/)

### [A message about our commitment to UC Berkeley’s values and mission](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/28/a-message-about-our-commitment-to-uc-berkeleys-values-and-mission/)

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](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/10/researchers-and-students-gather-in-sproul-plaza-to-stand-up-for-science/)

### [Researchers and students gather in Sproul Plaza to ‘Stand up for Science’](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/10/researchers-and-students-gather-in-sproul-plaza-to-stand-up-for-science/)

Research

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](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/17/iguanas-floated-one-fifth-of-the-way-around-the-world-to-colonize-fiji/)

Research

[Iguanas floated one-fifth of the way around the world to colonize Fiji](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/17/iguanas-floated-one-fifth-of-the-way-around-the-world-to-colonize-fiji/)

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Researchers find that Fiji iguanas are most closely related to the North American desert iguana — evidence of the longest known transoceanic dispersal of any land animal

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](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/13/with-ai-and-linguistics-this-professor-is-decoding-how-animals-and-humans-communicate/)

Research

[With AI and linguistics, this professor is decoding how animals and humans communicate](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/13/with-ai-and-linguistics-this-professor-is-decoding-how-animals-and-humans-communicate/)

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](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/11/investigating-the-psychedelic-blue-lotus-of-egypt-where-ancient-magic-meets-modern-science/)

Research

[Investigating the psychedelic blue lotus of Egypt, where ancient magic meets modern science](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/11/investigating-the-psychedelic-blue-lotus-of-egypt-where-ancient-magic-meets-modern-science/)

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Research

[Chemists create new molecular compound from Berkeley’s eponymous element, Berkelium](https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/03/11/scientists-discover-new-heavy-metal-molecule-berkelocene/)

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Education

[Five years after COVID, U.S. university students still lag in key areas, study finds](https://cshe.berkeley.edu/news/press-release-seru-multi-engagement-report)

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Arts & culture

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[Novel ‘Highway Thirteen’ traces the ripple effects of one man’s violence](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/12/novel-highway-thirteen-traces-the-ripple-effects-of-one-mans-violence/)

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](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/11/william-kentridges-the-great-yes-the-great-no-is-a-voyage-of-chaos-and-creativity/)

[William Kentridge’s ‘The Great Yes, The Great No’ is a voyage of chaos and creativity](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/11/william-kentridges-the-great-yes-the-great-no-is-a-voyage-of-chaos-and-creativity/)

[More Arts & culture](https://news.berkeley.edu/category/arts-culture/)

Podcasts

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](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/07/berkeley-talks-heather-cox-richardson/)

[Berkeley Talks: Heather Cox Richardson on the evolution of the Republican Party and what gives her hope for America](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/07/berkeley-talks-heather-cox-richardson/)

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](https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/voices-carry-podcast-daniel-farber-jonathan-gould-trump-congress-courts/)

[Voices Carry: The Constitution, Congress and democracy in President Trump’s second term](https://www.law.berkeley.edu/article/voices-carry-podcast-daniel-farber-jonathan-gould-trump-congress-courts/)

[More podcasts](https://news.berkeley.edu/podcasts/)

People

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[Nelson Graburn, UC Berkeley professor who studied the effects and meaning of tourism, dies at 88](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/03/17/nelson-graburn-uc-berkeley-professor-who-studied-the-effects-and-meaning-of-tourism-dies-at-88/)

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](https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2025/03/brian-staskawicz-awarded-wolf-prize-agriculture)

[UC Berkeley professor Brian Staskawicz awarded Wolf Prize in Agriculture](https://nature.berkeley.edu/news/2025/03/brian-staskawicz-awarded-wolf-prize-agriculture)

[More People](https://news.berkeley.edu/category/people/)

Campus & community

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[‘Berkeley has become my village:’ Celebration honors 2024–25 African American Initiative scholars](https://inspire.berkeley.edu/o/berkeley-has-become-my-village-celebration-honors-202425-african-american-initiative-scholars/)

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](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/28/meet-three-black-trailblazers-in-stem/)

[Meet three Black trailblazers in STEM](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/28/meet-three-black-trailblazers-in-stem/)

[More Campus & community](https://news.berkeley.edu/category/campus-community/)