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“Science isn’t some abstract thing. Research innovations make us healthier, more connected, and more prosperous. If we attack science, we’re not going to live the kind of lives we want to live.”
— Edward Miguel, Distinguished Professor of Economics, Oxfam Professor in Environmental and Resource Economics
Andrew Dillin is a professor of immunology and molecular medicine in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB). In addition, he is forming a new Center for Unmet, Rare and Emerging Diseases (CURED) that will connect efforts across campus to discover cures other organizations are not pursuing. UC Berkeley writer Alexander Rony spoke with Dillin about the CURED initiative and his many other roles.
Meet some of the harmonious stars from UC Berkeley’s Department of Music — from a medieval Germanic lyre to electronic music inspired by Turkish marble art, the research and creations of the music department’s grad students span media and millennia.
In his undergraduate teaching, developmental biologist and Dean of Biological Sciences Richard Harland incorporates accounts of his field’s seminal experiments, so his students are exposed to the skill that goes into designing an experiment and drawing conclusions from it. For more direct and immersive exposure, Harland also invites undergraduates to participate in his lab’s research.