This article is part of STEMinism in the Spotlight, a monthly interview series. Somayeh Sojoudi is an assistant professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) and Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Shahed University (in Tehran, Iran), her master’s degree in ECE from Concordia University, and
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California’s salmon are no longer able to migrate to complete their lifecycle—and that is taking a toll on entire ecosystems. Over the past decade, Californians’ increasing use of groundwater from wells in the Russian River basin for agricultural and domestic uses has negatively impacted the streams flowing out of the basin. During dry years, some
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This article is part of STEMinism in the Spotlight, a monthly interview series. Gireeja Ranade is an assistant teaching professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS). She received her PhD in EECS from UC Berkeley as well. She is an accomplished and thoughtful instructor: she designed and taught the first offering of EECS 16A/B
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Medical researchers have been practicing gene therapy, the transfer of DNA into the genome of a living cell as a treatment for a given disease, since the nineties. These treatments could drastically improve the quality of life of patients afflicted with diseases ranging from genetic disorders like cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia to cancer.
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We’ve heard plenty of stories about students being adversely affected by changing immigration policies under the Trump administration, from increased restrictions for, and investigation of, Chinese students and researchers to Iranian students being denied entry into the country. Now, thanks to a survey conducted by the UAW 2865 International Student Committee, a subgroup of the
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This summer, you may have tried to stave off the existential dread of climate change by allowing yourself to luxuriate in the story of an even more extreme disaster, Chernobyl. But what cheery detail was missing from the HBO miniseries? Sunflowers! These plants were used to try to help clean up some of the pollutants.
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