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Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair

Thinking about getting a graduate degree? Join us Monday, October 5 through Friday, October 9, 2026 for UC Berkeley’s virtual Graduate Diversity Admissions Fair. This event is uniquely designed for all prospective students, including those from diverse backgrounds. Register Now!
The fair will...
Three grad students walking down Telegraph Ave. laughing with each other

Dr. Johan Eckdahl on Soil, Fungi, and the Future of Fire-Scarred Forests

Read about Johan Eckdah'ls study on the affects of hotter Western wildfires published in the New York Times.

Johan Eckdahl, foreground, and Winslow Hansen measured a burn scar this month in the Sierra National Forest near Midpines, Calif.

ERG Annual Lecture 2026 featuring Isha Ray

On April 9, the Energy and Resources Group welcomed Professor Isha Ray as the keynote speaker for the 32nd Annual Lecture on Energy and the Environment. Drawing on more than two decades of research, Professor Ray explored the often-overlooked labor involved in providing safe and affordable drinking...

Isha Ray speaking to her audience from behind a lectern with a slide show projected on screen above her.

ERG's Patrick Gonzalez selected for IPCC climate change assessment

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an organization that produces authoritative scientific assessments on climate change to enforce and create global policies, has selected ERG PhD and associate adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management...

Patrick Gonzalez measuring a ponderosa pine tree

ERG alum Zeke Hausfather in the New York Times

ERG alum Dr. Zeke Hausfather's article "We Study Climate Change. We Can't Explain What We're Seeing" makes the New York Times!

Headshot of Zeke Hausfather

Advanced conductors provide path for grid expansion

A new study led by Duncan Callaway, professor and chair of the Energy and Resources Group (ERG), and Amol Phadke, an affiliate and senior scientist at the Goldman School of Public Policy, shows that if we were to replace transmission lines with more advanced composite-core materials, not only could...

Image of transmission lines.

Beyond connections: The uneven realities of electricity access in African cities

Research in partnership with 25 informal settlements in Kampala shows that grid connections deliver electricity of variable and inequitable affordability, safety, and reliability.

Low-income urban neighborhood in Kampala.

Staying the Course on Climate: Navigating Uncertainty with Energy and Optimism

Join us for ERG’s 31st Annual Lecture on Energy and the Environment, where Mary D. Nichols will be conversing with Carla J. Peterman in an engaging discussion about their careers, their insights, and how we as people who care about a sustainable environment and a just society maintain our values...

Mary D. Nichols and Carla J. Peterman sitting down in an engaging discussion for the 31st annual lecture.