Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., an American biochemist, Nobel Prize winner, and pioneering researcher in CRISPR gene editing, gave a lecture with the Berkeley High School Physics Club on April 28.
The Jacket spoke with Lisa Danzig, M.D. about COVID-19, vaccines, and what society might look like in the near future. Danzig is an infectious diseases physician and former Epidemic Intelligence Service officer.
In late January, US President Joe Biden unveiled the American Rescue Plan, a plan that aims to address both the social and economic impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On the evening of March 10, the Berkeley School Board met to discuss a variety of topics. The principal among these was Superintendent Brent Stephens’ report on the progress towards reopening schools, and the immediacy of the district’s plans.
Judas and the Black Messiah, directed by Shaka King, tells the story of Black liberation activist Fred Hampton, and the undercover informant who ultimately aided in his murder.
This year, the Berkeley High School Parent-Teacher-Student Association is giving students an amazing new way to interact with Black History Month: the Black History Month Art Contest.
“Well, that was… interesting” is about how I felt after watching the HBO Max original film, Locked Down. This wasn’t exactly the reaction to this movie that I’d hoped for, given that it’s the first mainstream Hollywood production about the COVID-19 pandemic.
From the depths of COVID-19-infused living and the constant introspection that has come with it, comes Pixar’s Soul, a masterful examination of what it means to be human.
Whether or not a COVID-19 vaccination will be mandatory for students to return to school is a question that has been weighing heavily on the minds of many families.
Throughout this seemingly unrelenting pandemic, it has become clear that the businesses that are hit the hardest economically are not large corporations, but small local businesses.
Schools are enormously important to modern society, both nationally and globally. Along with their core function of education, they provide services such as childcare and meals.
Berkeley has often planted the seeds of global social change, ranging from the Free Speech Movement led by University of California Berkeley students to the more recent tax on soda.
Latin America’s vibrant history includes stories of horrific oppression, then powerful resistance. Thus, many and varied musical styles have developed over time as a form of cultural defiance.
“That is normally more how I write … just from a single moment, gaining inspiration, and … improvising [on] it,” said Camille Collins — student, musician, and activist.
I came in expecting great things from Ambrose Akinmusire’s latest album, and I was not disappointed. The trumpet player’s sixth album, on the tender spot of every calloused moment, displays an amazing range of ideas, style, and performance.
A bike, a song, a book. These are some of the offline things that members of the Berkeley High School community are using to entertain themselves while stuck at home, though hopefully not all at once.