Rausser College’s commitment to addressing pressing environmental and societal challenges extends far beyond the Bay Area. Read more about our international exchanges and impacts in the latest issue of Breakthroughs magazine at

California farmers continue to struggle with sinking commodity prices and soaring production costs, conditions that @AreBerkeley professor Alexandra Hill says will be compounded by the state's growing farm labor shortage.

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Congratulations to @BerkeleyMetBio professor @apsarruda and postdoc @AlexInague, who each received multiyear grants from @pewtrusts to support their research and professional growth. Read more:

China’s newest polar research station runs entirely on renewable energy, a shift that @ERGBerkeley professor emerit @dan_kammen says can better safeguard this pristine—and easily disrupted—ecosystem. Read more in @sciam.

Associate Professor @jonasmeckling recently spoke to @HarvardHBS about the Trump administration’s policy bill, and how their support for fossil fuels diverges from the global trend of prioritizing ambitious green-energy projects.

The findings counter years of assumptions that migratory hoofed mammals like elk can escape predation in spring because predators are tied to their offspring, which are born blind and deaf and stay in their den until they are at least three weeks old.

For the first time ever, a research team led by UC Berkeley biologists Avery Shawler, PhD '24, and Associate Professor Arthur Middleton has observed gray wolves outside of the Arctic migrating during pup-rearing season.

As Dragon Bravo Fire continues to burn in Grand Canyon National Park, Professor Scott Stephens recently spoke to the @AP about the critical role prescribed fire can play in making our forests and lands more resilient to wildfire.

Fire Network director @lenyaqd, BS ’04 Conservation and Resource Studies, was recently profiled by @californiamag. Learn more about the network and her career:

UC Berkeley faculty and Rausser College-trained foresters and fire ecologists are helping lead @ucanr's statewide Fire Network, which links experts to the more than 7 million Californians living in some of the state’s most fire-prone regions.

Many of the cabins at Camp Mystic were built in designated flood zones. @AreBerkeley lecturer Anna Serra-Llobet told @nytimes that construction is discouraged in river floodways, where deep and fast-moving waters are expected to travel during flood events.

RT @CalBearsHistory: On July 22, 1874, the University of California held its second commencement ceremony, in Berkeley. Rosa Letitia Scrivn….

Join us in congratulating faculty members Dennis Baldocchi, Lewis Feldman, Mike Freeling, N. Louise Glass, Daniel Kammen, Dale Johnson, and Bill Tietje on their retirement. We thank them for their dedication and service to the University.

RT @UCANRpam: Discuss climate action and "Climate Stewardship" by Adina Merenlender of @HoplandREC, @ucanr & @NatureAtCal with @DanielleVen….

RT @QB3Berkeley: Congratulations to Usha Lingappa for receiving a 2025 Branco Weiss Fellow!. The fellowship will support Usha's research on….

RT @ESPM_Berkeley: Professor Kate O'Neill spoke to The New York Times about Malaysia’s ban on importing plastic waste from the United State….

We are excited to welcome Robert Bonnie, a former USDA undersecretary who served during the Biden and Obama administrations, to the Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship. Learn more about their new distinguished scholar:

Graduate students Sarah Sarfaty Epstein and Cynthia Wilson were named 2025 @switzernetwork Fellows, which supports next-generation leaders in the public and private sectors who are dedicated to creating positive environmental change. Read more:

RT @ESPM_Berkeley: Assistant Professor Rachel Carlson's latest study explores whether some of Hawaii's coastal businesses, which benefit gr….

Rausser College PhD candidates Yihong Zhu, Marco Dueñas, Sheherazade, and Simon Greenhill were awarded fellowships by the Philomathia Center to study issues related to the environment. Learn more about their research:

A first-of-its-kind study co-authored by Tamma Carleton, Assistant Professor at @AreBerkeley, shows that the global food system is more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought. Learn more about the study: