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UC Berkeley faculty and key benefactors are celebrating the near-completion on the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway building, the new home of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS).

Today the Ecological Society of America (ESA) announced Alejandra Echeverri, Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and DSE faculty advisor, is a recipient of the 2026 Sustainability Science Award. The award honors “ Biocultural vulnerability of traditional crops in the Indian Trans-Himalaya," which was published in Science Advances last year. According to ESA, this research "makes the greatest contribution to the emerging science of ecosystem and regional sustainability through the integration of ecological and social sciences." Authors include...

Brashares, a professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management and a DSE faculty advisor, will guide the scientific research and conservation strategy for a new initiative with National Geographic.

Professor Echeverri teaches in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management and is an expert in the interrelationships between people, culture, and biodiversity.

Ciera Martinez and Maya Weltman-Fahs received this campus-wide award for their exceptional ability to "guide their teams through challenges with clarity and purpose over the past year" (Berkeley Staff Assembly). Both women serve as Senior Program Managers on our team and oversee all DSE projects. Berkeley Staff Assembly announced the 38th annual Excellence in Management (EIM) Award winners on Friday, April 3. Ciera and Maya are two of 24 final awardees and were chosen out of 7,000 managers across campus. This year’s theme, “Leading Through Uncertainty: Vision, Resilience, and Mission-Driven...

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