The 11-story UC Berkeley student housing project under construction at People’s Park will be named Judith E. Heumann House, commemorating the disability rights leader who championed accessibility and ...
U.S. News & World Report has ranked UC Berkeley No. 7 in its 2026 list of the best global universities, which assesses more than 2,250 research institutions worldwide. Berkeley also claimed the honor ...
The semester was over and the morning was still, but high above the UC Berkeley campus, the prestigious University Club was buzzing with energy. Top state policymakers and community leaders, along ...
Each of the four 2026 University Medal finalists has studied in the fields of science, and each has achieved remarkable academic accomplishments. But among them, a striking pattern is clear: In ...
Across the span of six decades, Robert B. Reich has had two constant commitments: to social justice and to teaching. In Reich’s universe, one is not more important than the other. They are ...
From assessing a patient’s cancer risk to setting criminal sentences, AI and algorithms are increasingly used to make life-altering decisions in health care and law. But how can we ensure that these ...
A double-lung transplant reshaped Professor Greg Niemeyer’s understanding of water as circulation, inspiring his latest art ...
When people think of ancient civilizations that paved the path toward modernity, the Greeks and Romans are often top of mind. But before Rome dominated the Mediterranean, another culture laid the ...
I remember being floored by John Cho (BA ‘96, English) in Justin Lin’s 2002 indie thriller Better Luck Tomorrow, which was based on a true story near where I grew up in southern California. The film ...
John Clarke, an emeritus professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum tunneling, one of many strange aspects of ...
The reefs scattered throughout the tropics arose only after algae took up full-time residence in coral cells, supplying corals with abundant food and enabling them to build extensive shallow-water ...
Humans can’t regenerate heart muscle damaged by disease, but scientists have long known that some animals, such as zebrafish, can. Researchers have now identified a set of genes in zebrafish that ...