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Chronic stress is known to cause major health problems, but acute stress is thought to improve people's performance and health. A new study by UC Berkeley professor Daniela Kaufer shows why that is. Stress generates new nerve cells in the brain that, two weeks later, help people learn better.
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Justin Park dropped out of high school, but he never lost his love of literature and learning. After 20 years as a bartender, bike messenger and military man, Park returned to school at UC Berkeley, graduated and now has been selected as a Gates Cambridge Scholar, a top world honor.
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"Being geeky has become a lot cooler than it was years ago," says statistics professor and department chair Philip Stark. He should know. In the last four years, statistics has been the fastest-growing major at Berkeley, by far.
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HEADLINES
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Launch comes 12 years after breakthrough in Berkeley lab.
Centro Legal de la Raza confers award for visionary leadership.
Rapid growth is outstripping state monitoring, says Berkeley Law study.
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CAMPUS NEWS
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New resource bolsters support.
Library offers up treasures.
Only a few days left to fill it out, win big prizes; survey closes Sunday night, April 21.
Plan online for Saturday's campus open house.
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RESEARCH
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$200 million to Space Sciences Lab.
I School's Drone Lab has the skies buzzing near South Hall.
Bakar Fellows Program allows vital study to go forward.
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PEOPLE
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From fence-hopper to brain surgeon, alum makes Berkeley Wall of Fame.
Work on seismic code for adobes nets Chancellor's Award for Research in the Public Interest.
Two photographers from J-School selected.
Radio interview captures realities of war and coming home for graduating senior.
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