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NASA's ESCAPADE mission is headed to Mars next month — and a scientist, engineer and mission operator behind it are ready to answer your questions! 🛰️ Join UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (@ucbssl) for a Reddit AMA on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET at u/UCBerkeley! bit.ly/4B6aBPL
Three UC Berkeley Space Sciences team members are edited to stand in front of a background featuring the upper edge of a planet in space. The image features details on their upcoming Reddit AMA event.

ALT Three UC Berkeley Space Sciences team members are edited to stand in front of a background featuring the upper edge of a planet in space. The image features details on their upcoming Reddit AMA event.

A rendered image courtesy of Rocket Lab, showing the ESCAPADE mission's two identical satellites — “Blue” and “Gold” — orbiting around Mars.

ALT A rendered image courtesy of Rocket Lab, showing the ESCAPADE mission's two identical satellites — “Blue” and “Gold” — orbiting around Mars.

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John DeNero Ph.D. ‘10 addressed students, parents and alums at UC Berkeley Homecoming, sharing his experiences in designing curriculum and educational support tools for computer and data science students. bit.ly/3VV20zq @UCBerkeley @Berkeley_EECS #CalHC #AI #Education
John DeNero presenting from a podium in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley Homecoming.

ALT John DeNero presenting from a podium in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley Homecoming.

Audience view of John DeNero’s presentation; an audience member in the crowd asking a question and holding a microphone.

ALT Audience view of John DeNero’s presentation; an audience member in the crowd asking a question and holding a microphone.

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Berkeley engineers are harnessing the power of kite!🪁 That’s right, underwater kites could expand the world’s renewable energy portfolio, according to Evan Variano, professor of civil and environmental engineering. Read our Q&A: bit.ly/4ysUoBv
Variano demonstrating an underwater kite wing with postdoctoral researcher Tvetene Carlson in UC Berkeley’s FLOW Lab at the Richmond Field Station.

ALT Variano demonstrating an underwater kite wing with postdoctoral researcher Tvetene Carlson in UC Berkeley’s FLOW Lab at the Richmond Field Station.

An underwater kite wing.

ALT An underwater kite wing.

Tvetene Carlson holds a kite wing in UC Berkeley’s FLOW Lab at the Richmond Field Station.

ALT Tvetene Carlson holds a kite wing in UC Berkeley’s FLOW Lab at the Richmond Field Station.

Variano demonstrating an underwater kite wing with postdoctoral researcher Tvetene Carlson in UC Berkeley’s FLOW Lab at the Richmond Field Station.

ALT Variano demonstrating an underwater kite wing with postdoctoral researcher Tvetene Carlson in UC Berkeley’s FLOW Lab at the Richmond Field Station.

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New research at UC Berkeley found that major California initiatives to improve early-childhood education had a dramatic effect — improving student achievement and narrowing the gap between children from higher-income families and lower-income families. bit.ly/4yGoUbo

California’s investment in early education brought dramatic improvement in learning, study finds -...

Gains by students who went through the state’s prekindergarten programs in the 2010s were still evident in third and fourth grades, says a new study from UC Berkeley researchers.

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Karthik Shekhar, the John F. Heil, Jr. Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (@UCB_Chemistry) and faculty member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley, named recipient of the 2026 Philomathia Prize to advance research into the bioelectric basis of neural activity. gobears.me/4BqQ2xI
A photo of UC Berkeley professor Karthik Shekhar in the classroom sits on the left with his quote featured on the right in white text over a dark blue background. The quote reads: "I could not have imagined any other place than Berkeley to do this research. As long as you are working on something intellectually interesting, as long as you’re doing technically rigorous work, you are given the freedom to pursue it."

ALT A photo of UC Berkeley professor Karthik Shekhar in the classroom sits on the left with his quote featured on the right in white text over a dark blue background. The quote reads: "I could not have imagined any other place than Berkeley to do this research. As long as you are working on something intellectually interesting, as long as you’re doing technically rigorous work, you are given the freedom to pursue it."

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UC Berkeley Talmudic culture professor looks to ancient rabbis for answers — and finds ideas about gender that challenge modern assumptions. bit.ly/4jyYjco

What makes us human? This professor looks to ancient rabbis for answers - Berkeley News

Talmudic culture professor Rafael Neis explores the surprising world of ancient Jewish texts — and finds ideas about gender that challenge modern assumptions.

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UC Berkeley and Dr. Ziad Obermeyer received the Academic Discovery of the Year Award from California Life Sciences for AI research identifying deep learning-derived ECG biomarker to detect sudden cardiac death risk — helping doctors intervene before a fatal event. bit.ly/4zCfxtW

UC Berkeley and Dr. Ziad Obermeyer receive Academic Discovery of the Year Award from California...

The award recognizes a California academic institution, research institute, or non-profit whose scientific finding has the potential to reshape human health.

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UC Berkeley researchers helped shape @NASA’s newest space telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which will help resolve unanswered questions about dark energy, dark matter, exoplanets, galaxies and more. bit.ly/4yBQLth

How Berkeley shaped NASA’s newest space telescope - Berkeley News

The Roman Space Telescope realizes an idea conceived at UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab. A Berkeley astronomer now leads a large group of scientists who hope to reap the benefits.

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UC Berkeley WarnMe Community Advisory: Update RE: Panoramic Fire - There are still no current impacts to campus property or operations. No campus evacuations are currently needed. Please avoid the area of Panoramic Hill if possible.
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UC Berkeley WarnMe Community Advisory: Fire activity in the Oakland Hills above campus. The fire is not currently impacting campus property or operations. We do not currently have any information that would indicate that any campus evacuations are necessary.
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Hollywood created the myth of spear-throwing mammoth hunters. A UC Berkeley archaeologist explains why ancestral survival technologies actually relied on ground-planted pikes, not brute force — in just 101 seconds. bit.ly/483frjh

Watch: Did ancient humans really throw spears at mammoths? A Berkeley archaeologist says no. -...

Hollywood created the myth of spear-throwing mammoth hunters. A UC Berkeley archaeologist explains why ancestral survival technologies actually relied on ground-planted pikes, not brute force.

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UC Berkeley researchers are developing AI models that learn language by imitating speech, much like babies do. Their work could make AI more efficient while revealing new insights into how humans and other species communicate. bit.ly/4BeESMn

What can AI learn from children?

AI models are always hungry for vast amounts of information, so it can learn how to give us human-like responses. For example, OpenAI’s GPT-3 trained on 570 gigabytes of text, or roughly 225 billion

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Want to hear directly from UC Berkeley’s SSL team behind NASA’s ESCAPADE mission to Mars? Here’s your chance! Join SSL for a Reddit AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) on Wed., Oct. 28, at 11:30 a.m. PT / 2:30 p.m. ET at u/UCBerkeley. You can submit your questions to Reddit now: bit.ly/4B6aBPL

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UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory (@ucbssl) is one of only two university-based centers in the U.S. capable of managing the full life cycle of a satellite mission. Watch how SSL leads @NASA missions like ESCAPADE — the first dual-satellite mission to another planet, headed to Mars. bit.ly/4B2wsrm

Watch: How UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory leads NASA missions like ESCAPADE - Berkeley News

Perched high in the hills above campus, it's one of only two university-based centers in the U.S. capable of managing the entire life cycle of a satellite mission.

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UC Berkeley researchers found that just 10 minutes of relying on an AI tool to solve math and reasoning problems significantly affected people's ability to focus and persist with difficult tasks — highlighting the importance of designing AI tools that build on human abilities rather than replace them. bit.ly/3UiDYh5

Study explores how AI use affects performance on math and reasoning tasks - Berkeley News

A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.

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A new UC Berkeley study finds that while female human characters have made gains, nonhuman creatures have yet to catch up. By highlighting these gaps, the research can help guide more inclusive character representation in the stories children grow up watching. bit.ly/4s8MV9d

In animated films, nonhuman characters are still overwhelmingly male - Berkeley News

A new UC Berkeley study finds that while female human characters have made gains, nonhuman creatures have yet to catch up.

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An image of a blue background with white text overlay describing the significance of ESCAPADE's findings and introducing the three guests.

ALT An image of a blue background with white text overlay describing the significance of ESCAPADE's findings and introducing the three guests.

A headshot photo of Dr. Robert Lillis, ESCAPADE's Principal Investigator, featuring additional text about his role.

ALT A headshot photo of Dr. Robert Lillis, ESCAPADE's Principal Investigator, featuring additional text about his role.

A headshot photo of Dr. Phyllis Whittlesey, ESCAPADE's EESA Instrument Lead, featuring additional text about her role.

ALT A headshot photo of Dr. Phyllis Whittlesey, ESCAPADE's EESA Instrument Lead, featuring additional text about her role.

A headshot photo of Brett Bonelli, ESCAPADE's Deputy Mission Operations Manager, featuring additional text about his role.

ALT A headshot photo of Brett Bonelli, ESCAPADE's Deputy Mission Operations Manager, featuring additional text about his role.

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You can submit your questions to Reddit now! Come ask anything about the mission, from studying Mars’ space environment and building and operating spacecraft to what the mission hopes to discover along the way, and how it relates to the feasibility of future human habitation of the planet. Learn more about ESCAPADE and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab (SSL) at: bit.ly/4B5EwaP

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UC Berkeley WarnMe Community Advisory: UC Berkeley campus and residential halls will not be impacted by PG&E Public Safety Power Shutoffs We are coordinating closely with PG&E and will work to inform you of any significant updates.
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UC Berkeley’s world-class economics department (@berkeleyecon) is celebrating Nobels won by two scholars: Robert E. Hall, a 1964 graduate and early-career faculty member, and Michael Woodford, a visiting scholar in the 2025-26 academic year. bit.ly/3UjUuNU

Two winners of the 2026 Nobel Prize in economics have deep ties to UC Berkeley - Berkeley News

Berkeley’s world-class economics department is celebrating Nobels won by two scholars: Robert E. Hall, a 1964 graduate and early-career faculty member, and Michael Woodford, a visiting scholar in the...

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