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Amidst misinformation, critical thinking needs a 21st century upgrade
Mar 26 2024In 2013, the University of California, Berkeley, debuted a course to teach undergraduates the tricks used by scientists to make sense of the world, in the hope that these tricks would prove useful in assessing ...
‘Third Millennium Thinking’: How to use scientific tools to solve everyday problems
Mar 26 2024Nobel Prize-winning physicist Saul Perlmutter, philosophy professor John Campbell, and social psychologist Robert MacCoun teach a course at the University of California Berkeley on using scientific tools to approach everyday problems. They've now turned that ...
He led Cal to Olympic gold in 1928. Now his rowing medal is back at UC Berkeley
Jan 30 2024By Jason Pohl | January 30, 2024 For decades, in a family’s home in West Marin, a set of rowing oars hung horizontally over the French doors leading to the patio. Below the oars was ...
New Brilliance of Berkeley course introduces undergrads to 28 luminaries — in one semester
Jan 18 2024By Gretchen Kell | January 18, 2024 With so much brilliance at UC Berkeley — from headline-grabbing research to stellar faculty members across disciplines — it’s impossible for undergraduates, many scouting for their academic passions, ...