Seeing Both Sides of the Same Algorithm
By H. J. ValerioWriter Jenny Williams helped tech companies try to make AI ethical. Then she learned it was trained on her novel.
California Magazine Archive
First Person: “Keep Beating the Drum”
By Jeff Moyer, as told to James Pagett TollenJeff Moyer, “the troubadour of the Disability Rights Movement,” on the 504 sit-ins, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and why the movement needs new voices.
Test Case
By Nathalia AlcantaraHard questions about AI in the classroom
The Astounding Life of an Email
By Pat JosephEver wonder where an email goes after you hit send on your phone?
From Art to State of the Art
By Coby McDonaldBiotech incubator marks five years in former Berkeley Art Museum
Test Blinded
By Margie Cullen, M.J. ’22UC faculty split over standardized test requirement
Editor’s Note: Fall 2026
By Pat Joseph“How strange it would be if the apogee of digital technology delivered us back to blank notebooks and pencils.”
The House that Doudna Built
By James Pagett TollenIGI-affiliated researchers have spawned more than 30 startups. Here are just six of them.
Research Radar: Fall 2026
The upgraded sniff test, Cal's coral nursery, CRISPRing cancer, and more
The Play: Fall 2026
By Pat JosephThe Wide World of Cal sports
Q/A: The Billionaire’s Dilemma
By James Pagett TollenProfessor Brian Galle on the proposed CA billionaire tax
Taking it to the Man
By Scott BallHow Cal’s Alex Morgan led the charge on equal pay for U.S. Women’s Soccer
