It is with sadness that we share the news that our beloved colleague and friend, David Wake, passed away yesterday morning, surrounded by his family. A native of South Dakota, Dave earned his Ph.D.
Congratulations to Professor Tyrone Hayes. One of six UC Berkeley faculty members and top scholars have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS), a 241-year-old organization honoring the country’s most accomplished artists, scholars, scientists and leaders who help solve the world’s most urgent challenges.
The Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award is intended to honor UC Berkeley faculty, staff, and student instructors who in 2020 embraced the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and engaged in or supported excellent teaching. These instructors and staff used innovative methods and worked beyond their traditional roles to ensure that students remained engaged and supported, and were challenged to do meaningful work under extraordinary circumstances.
The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution.
Congratulations to:
Dan Kim,
Claire Evensen
Daisy Horr
Congratulations to Carina Galicia on receiving a 2021 UC Berkeley Excellence in Management Award! Galicia is the Director of Student Services for the Biosciences Divisional Services, which oversees undergraduate and graduate student advisors in the Integrative Biology (IB) and Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB) Departments. "Carina cares about people – the students, the faculty, her staff, all of us. ...Guided by kindness, she treats everyone with respect and dignity."
IB Associate Professor Caroline Williams was one of the lead authors of a new study appearing this week in the journal Global Change Biology. Read more here.
The Science@Cal Lecture series celebrates the UC Museum of Paleontology's 100th anniversary with a special talk featuring IB Professor Charles Marshall. Register for this free event here.
It was proclaimed on March 14th, 2017, also known as "Pi Day" and is Albert Einstein's birthday (and on every March 14th henceforth) that it is Marian Diamond Day in the City of Berkeley.
Professor Marian Diamond loved to bake pies, and was the first person to publish research on Einstein's brain. We honor her memory this upcoming Pi Day.
Upcoming virtual science cafe featuring IB PhD candidate Nina Sokolov! March 11th from 5-6pm. Register for this free event here.
Congratulations to The Biology Scholars Program! Which just received the 2020 HEALTH EQUITY INNOVATION FUND grant from Genentech to support students during the pandemic and beyond.
Ream more about the program here!