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Insight Newsletter - The IB Department Newsletter

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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.

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.

Is English the lingua franca of science? Not for everyone.

English limits entry into the world of science and limits public access to scientific results. Valeria Ramírez-Castañeda, a graduate student in IB, encountered this firsthand when she began writing her master’s thesis at the University of Los Andes in Bogota, Colombia, her native country. Read more of her story featured in the Berkeley News...