4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1123+ words) More Berkeley alums have joined the Peace Corps than from any other university, a testament to the campus's public service roots. Historical Peace Corps volunteers by the numbers University of Washington: 3,175 University of Michigan: 2,851 University of Colorado Boulder: 2,653 Returned volunteers…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (329+ words) “With a new research focus, we are excited to develop novel optimization models and methods, and leverage modern computer architectures to transform AI and learning, enabling decision pipelines that... $20M NSF Renewal Supports New Frontiers in AI and Optimization As artificial…...

2+ week, 20+ hour ago   (279+ words) UC Berkeley study finds the city of Richmond’s gun violence program led to three times the national decline in violence A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Center for Global Healthy Cities published in the Journal of the American…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1693+ words) With an unconventional vision, vast energy and tenacious optimism, UC Berkeley’s Possibility Lab is creating a new model for bringing people and policymakers together. After starting small, it’s setting lofty goals — and winning powerful allies. For the lab and Executive…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (225+ words) NYU philosopher David Chalmers explores how modern large language models challenge our traditional views of identity and ethics by generating short-lived, conversational "selves" rather than operating as a single, permanent mind. In the early days of personal computing, people imagined…...