Berkeley Science Review

So, this semester I joined the editorial staff of the Berkeley Science Review. I'd seen the magazine around campus before and was always impressed with the quality of the articles. Now I understand why it's so polished: A LOT of effort goes into it. The articles each go through around 5 revisions. We meet with the authors one-on-one (typically more than once), all the editors read and discuss each article fairly thoroughly--once at the beginning and once at the end of the process, and each article gets combed over by 3 different editors, who provide feedback to the author at different stages. It's been a pleasure to work with the staff and the authors, and I've learned about research topics at Berkeley that I probably would have never had any exposure to otherwise. Our latest issue is out. You can check out the articles online: http://sciencereview.berkeley.edu/

Also, the BSR recently won Best Publication of the Year from the ASUC (student association here at Cal). There are a lot of publications here on campus, so this is really an honor!