Staff / TruthdigNov 11, 2011
This disturbing video shows riot-ready police facing off with students protesting on Wednesday at UC Berkeley The students were reportedly attempting to set up camp on school grounds, which initially didn't go over well (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 30, 2011
A recent study from the University of California, Berkeley, reports that people who are more easily embarrassed may also be more trustworthy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 28, 2011
The struggle for the serious study and appreciation of literature continues in our society, where enormous emphasis has been placed on the "practical" disciplines of math and science, and specialized academics more and more produce arcane, overtly politicized work that the public seems to find joyless and irrelevant. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 6, 2011
A U.K. journal offers a great primer on why our public universities—especially California's—are in such a dismal state these day. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 20, 2010
A veteran reformer of higher education, an unparalleled Chaucer scholar and an early advocate of the 1960s free speech movement, Charles Muscatine has passed away at the age of 89 in Oakland, Calif. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 10, 2008
The infiltration of American universities by the military is nothing new, but this is: Scientists at UC Berkeley are zeroing in on a way to render people and inanimate objects -- which could include weapons and combat vehicles -- invisible. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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