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Check out the Fall 2020 Insight Newsletter!

We applaud the combined responses of our students, staff, and faculty during these unbelievably challenging times and celebrate our amazing portfolio of research, education, and scientific progress for the common good.

Bat virus expert Cara Brook named L’Oréal For Women in Science fellow!

Cara Brook, a UC Berkeley researcher whose work on bat viruses has taken on new urgency with the rise of COVID-19, is one of five recipients of this year’s L’Oréal For Women in Science fellowships.

The awards were announced yesterday (Monday, Nov. 16) by L’Oréal USA, which sponsors the annual fellowships to recognize early-career female scientists. Brook and the other recipients each will receive $60,000 to advance their research.

IB participates in UC Berkeley Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair

Watch the video of our Zoom info session, featuring IB graduate student Ixchel Gonzalez Ramirez, IB faculty Rauri C.K. Bowie and José Pablo Vázquez-Medina, and IB graduate student services advisor, Monica Albe. Recorded on October 22, 2020.

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Chair Statement

Recent events have shown that we, as Americans, still have a long path to justice, healing, and understanding, especially in the treatment of our Black and other marginalized communities. The police involved killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and others whose names are not a part of the national story, show that racism, xenophobia and intolerance are still prevalent. But every day, each and every one of us can stand up against racial prejudice and intolerant attitudes.

We join Chancellor Carol Christ and many others on the Berkeley campus in condemning this violence and standing against racism in its many forms. We encourage you to read the Chancellor’s recent message, which also includes links to resources during these difficult times: https://news.berkeley.edu/2020/05/29/a-message-from-campus-leaders-standing-together/

Acts of racism, violence, and injustice toward one another, particularly toward our communities of color, are a stark reminder that we all must do our personal best to make our community fair, inclusive, and just. The Department of Integrative Biology has pledged to listen and learn of the perspectives on anti-Black racism across the university and identify necessary policies, programs, research and the appropriate actions to address racism in all forms. We must make real, substantive change, and make a commitment to look squarely at systemic racism on our campus and deal with it.

We are stronger together.

Events

Mon, Nov 30, 4:00 pm
IB Finishing Talk: The Liliid and the Oddity: Macroevolution and development of underground storage organs in the order Liliales
Carrie Tribble
Thu, Dec 3, 12:30 pm
IB Seminar: Publishing in the pandemic: a view from the Royal Society
Andrew Dunn
Thu, Feb 4, 12:30 pm
IB Seminar: Title to be announced
Regan Dunn
Thu, Feb 18, 12:30 pm
IB Seminar: Title to be announced
Beth Brainerd
Thu, Mar 4, 12:30 pm
IB Seminar: Title to be announced
Susanne Dobler
Thu, Mar 11, 12:30 pm
IB Seminar: Title to be announced
Tom Hahn

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We applaud the combined responses of our students, staff, and faculty during these unbelievably challenging times and celebrate our amazing portfolio of research, education, and scientific progress for the common good.