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Who Is Zvezdelina Stankova, the Berkeley Professor Who Says Calculus Freshers Can't Do Fractions?

UC Berkeley's Zvezdelina Stankova reports significant math deficiencies in students, intensifying the debate over the university's test-free admissions policy. Faculty urge reconsideration of SAT and ACT requirements.

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What is Curricular Practical Training and what does the latest ICE memo on CPT mean? A guide for F-1 students

CPT allows F-1 international students in the US to work in internships and practical training linked to their degree. New ICE scrutiny has put Course Credit CPT under pressure, prompting universities including UC Berkeley and UC Davis to pause applications. Here’s how CPT works, who qualifies and what students should…

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UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed on students’ math skills

Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behind

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Scientists Have Found A Way To Show Humans A New Color Called “Olo,” But Only Five People Have Ever Seen It

“I saw something like that during my lasik surgery! It was unlike anything I’ve ever seen before!”

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Five major floods followed Pajaro's 1949 levee construction; a 2023 breach sent water through homes within 3 hours and costing $300 million; UC Berkeley researchers are now recreating the watershed digitally to show how new barriers could change the next flood

Flood risk is hard to picture until water is inside your home. UC Berkeley researchers are building a digital twin of California’s Lower Pajaro River Valley to change that. The virtual model can show how floodwater may move through communities, what levee upgrades could change, and where climate change may…

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California lost as many as 1.3 million Joshua trees in the 2020 Dome Fire; new software now helps park managers target recovery after wildfires

California scientists developed digital tools to map fire damage in the Mojave National Preserve. These new software programs help park managers focus restoration work on vulnerable desert plants. The tools assist in assessing post-fire conditions and developing recovery plans for affected areas. Scenario modeling directs limited conservation resources to high-elevation…

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Our Friend with the "Attractive, Busty Jewess" Problem Drops Case Against Harvard Rather Than Naming Himself

Readers of the blog may recall a certain John Doe who is suing Penn, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Berkeley for alleged… The post Our Friend with the "Attractive, Busty Jewess" Problem Drops Case Against Harvard Rather Than Naming Himself appeared first on Reason.com.

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Scientists Found Exactly How Deep Sleep Triggers the Hormone That Repairs Your Body

UC Berkeley mapped the brain circuit linking deep sleep to growth hormone. Now we know why poor sleep slows recovery — and what it means for shift workers, aging adults, and insomnia.

Medical Daily

Nancy Pelosi Is the Wrong Namesake for Berkeley's 'Institute for Representative Democracy'

If you want to devote an institute to "strengthening America's democratic institutions," you shouldn't name it for someone who degraded the public's trust in those institutions.

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Why there are calls to cut stamp duty if Andy Burnham becomes prime minister

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London is now a no-go zone for developers, warns capital's biggest housebuilder after shopping centre plan rejected

Berkeley Group warned London’s ‘housing crisis will deepen’ after its scheme for 867 flats on the site of the Aylesham Centre in Peckham was dismissed

Evening Standard

Controversial plan to bulldoze south London shopping centre for almost 900 homes rejected

Berkeley Homes had applied to build 867 homes on the site of the Aylesham Centre in Peckham

Evening Standard

A place in the sun: London's finest al fresco spots

Toast the start of terrace season at the capital’s best outdoor dining spaces, from laidback waterside pubs to the bougiest rooftops

Evening Standard

A 19-year-old Thiel fellow just raised $7.3 million to build an African ‘super app’

Aubrey Niederhoffer dropped out of UC Berkeley and moved to Africa to launch a food delivery service.

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Why Fernando Mendoza Is Excited to ‘Hopefully’ Be Raiders Teammates With Kirk Cousins

Mendoza’s admired Cousins for years now, and he could possibly be teammates with him in a few days time.

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Study: California’s $20 minimum wage barely raised prices—and proved economists wrong about job loss

“The results are nowhere as dire as predicted,” Berkeley’s Michael Reich told Fortune.

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Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs

UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

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FTSE 100 soars as Middle East peace hopes grow

The US and Iran have both made some positive noises, prompting markets to rise.

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AI models don’t only show evidence of ‘self-preservation.’ They will scheme to prevent other AIs from being shut down too, new research shows

Leading AI models will inflate performance reviews and exfiltrate model weights to prevent “peer” AI models from being shut down.

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Housebuilder Berkeley to halt buying new land and hiring staff

Group cuts costs as shares plunge while it grapples with impact of Iran war on property market

Evening Standard

London housebuilder Berkeley halts buying land after "unprecedented" surge in costs and red tape

Shares in brownfield developer slump almost a fifth on bombshell announcement to investors

Evening Standard

Housebuilder Berkeley to pause buying new land for homes amid global volatility

The risk of global volatility slowing recovery in the housing market ‘has now become a reality’, Berkeley said.

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Silicon Valley's Ethan Agarwal urges Trump to lift ban on Iranian students, gets called out as 'moron'

Silicon Valley entrepreneur Ethan Agarwal, who is running for Congress in California-17 as a challenger to Ro Khanna in Dem primary, urged President Donald Trump to reconsider his immigration ban on Iran as that would force thousands of Iranian students who will be graduating in May this year out of…

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FTSE 100 falls as Strait of Hormuz uncertainty continues

The FTSE 100 Index closed down 44 points at 10,261.15.

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Berkeley warns of Iran war weighing on housing market amid mortgage rates hikes

The emerging situation in the Middle East was ‘weighing heavily on risk sentiment’, Berkeley said.

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