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Thanks partly to UC Berkeley, the United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country to launch an interplanetary probe.

An increase in COVID-19 cases among the student population at UC Berkeley that school officials say is tied to recent social gatherings has the administration reconsidering plans to return more people to campus in the fall.

International students face an uncertain future in the fall, after ICE warned it would strip away their student visas, if their universities moved all classes online. It took less than 48 hours for Cal students to band together and come up with their own on-campus courses so their international schoolmates can stay in the country.

University of California at Berkeley officials on Wednesday outlined the school’s plans for re-opening for the fall semester, including small in-person class sizes and an intent to house up to 6,500 students on campus. UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Paul Alivisatos, Vice Chancellor for Undergraduate Education Catherine Koshland and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Stephen…

From drive-through to virtual ceremonies, high school and college seniors graduated in the Bay Area Saturday in very unusual ways.

Graduates across the Bay Area celebrated Saturday as different schools came up with ways to hold ceremonies amid the coronavirus pandemic. Marianne Favro reports.

High schools and colleges across the Bay Area are getting creative with graduation ceremonies amid the COVID-19 crisis. Many are doing drive-through ceremonies, and UC Berkeley is holding theirs on the game Minecraft. Marianne Favro reports.

Thousands of graduating seniors from University of California, Berkeley are expected to take part this weekend in one of the most unusual graduation ceremonies ever — they’ll don their caps and gowns in the virtual world of the game Minecraft. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

A UC Berkeley coronavirus testing lab is expanding its reach to include utility workers, nursing home residents, first responders and the homeless, according to a university release Wednesday.

Even though the University of California at Berkeley campus has been largely empty since the novel coronavirus shelter order was issued in March, many students have returned this weekend to move out of residences with the end of spring semester instruction on Friday. The annual ritual typically involves leaving large amounts of discarded mattresses and furniture at curbside and Berkeley…

A class action lawsuit was filed Thursday against two travel companies by a University of California at Berkeley law graduate after travel plans were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic and refunds and insurance claims were denied.

Researches at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco announced a joint study of antibody test kits that will examine potential immunity to COVID-19.

Terry Blanchard, at just 56 years old, is one of the younger victims of the coronavirus pandemic. He couldn’t have known, of course, that his life would be cut so short, but he certainly made the most of school, work, and family. Garvin Thomas shares his story.

A pair of peregrine falcons nesting on the UC Berkeley campus welcomed three chicks over the weekend, according to the Cal Falcons social media project.

A pair of UC Berkeley students has taken to producing more than 100 gallons of free hand sanitizer each week to give to homeless shelters, jails, medical centers and other Bay Area places that have run out during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Berkeley graduate student Abrar Abidi and his colleague, research assistant Yvonne Hao, began making hand sanitizer after Abidi…

In an attempt to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, University of California at Berkeley officials announced Monday that most in-person classes will be suspended through spring break. UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ in a message to students and staff said the changes will start Tuesday and last through the end of spring break on March 29. Plans after…

The largest financial gift in the University of California at Berkeley’s history will help build a new center to house the fast-growing Division of Computing, Data Science and Society, UC officials said Tuesday.

The University of California, Berkeley has received a $252 million donation — its largest-ever single gift — to start construction of a new building for students and faculty studying computing and data science. The gift, made anonymously, will allow the university to start building the Data Hub on the north side of campus , the San Francisco Chronicle reported Monday. Another…

An East Bay company says it has developed the tool that will prevent doctors and nurses from catching the coronavirus when treating infected patients.

An East Bay company says it has developed the tool that will prevent doctors and nurses from catching the coronavirus when treating infected patients. Melissa Colorado reports.