Gossip has long been dismissed as salacious, idle chatter that can damage reputations and erode trust. But a new study from UC Berkeley suggests that some information-spreading can have positive outcomes, such as helping society police bad behavior, preventing exploitation and lowering stress.
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The new home of the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, now part of UC Berkeley, opens to the public Sunday with a free afternoon ceremony and open house. The 25,000-square-foot space, on Allston Way in downtown Berkeley, offers unprecedented access to the Magnes's prints, paintings, photographs, costumes and ceremonial objects.
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UC Berkeley's Eco Ensemble, a collaboration of the Department of Music and the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies (CNMAT), this month opens its spring series of concerts. Featured will be works by emerging composers from the graduate program in composition as well as pieces by premier composers, some from Berkeley's faculty.
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