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This webinar is designed to give an overview of the incorporation of model-based geostatistics (MBG) into the Tropical Data service. Speakers will give presentations on the background, technical implementation and rationale for using this analysis approach, and a number of case studies will be presented by health ministry partners to provide examples of how MBG has been employed so far. The webinar will end with a Q&A session with panellists from WHO, Tropical Data, Sightsavers, representatives from Tanzania, Malawi and Nigeria health ministries, and the University of Lancaster.

UC Berkeley students, staff and faculty will be able to pick up free KN95 or surgical masks at Eshleman Hall starting Jan. 18.

In the midst of an increase of more than 200 COVID-19 cases among students, including two cases of the highly contagious U.K. variant, UC Berkeley has deployed campus police to help enforce the campus’ mandatory self-sequester for freshmen living in campus housing to combat the surge. Many students condemn the campus response, citing the negative mental health consequences living alone in a residence hall intended for sharing. Others, however, claim that the campus isn’t doing enough, going so far as to allege that the disorganization and isolation protocols implemented by University Heal...

Link copied.New law would help students who fell behind academically during pandemic California may make it easier for parents to request that their children be held back a grade level next school year or have letter grades earned this school year changed to a “pass” or “don’t pass” score, which some colleges will be required to accept if Assembly Bill 104 becomes law. The bill was introduced today by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, as a way to ensure that students aren’t punished for falling behind academically during the pandemic. “The outbreak of the Covid-19 pand...

2 UC Berkeley students test positive for UK variant as campus sees spike in COVID-19 cases FacebookTwitterEmail People walk on the empty UC Berkeley campus during the coronavirus shelter-in-place order in Berkeley, Calif. on March 25, 2020.Douglas Zimmerman/SFGate Researchers at UC Berkeley are leading one of the country's more rigorous genome sequencing operations to identify new variants of COVID-19. Their most recent effort uncovered some worrisome cases, as the university experiences a surge forcing all students in dorms to self-sequester to contain the spread, according to a news release...