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arcing rows of empty chairs in a legislative chamber

Global study finds most people want gender-balanced government, even if quotas are needed

May 21, 2025

an artistic rendering of the folds of the human brain, colored blue and bright yellow and red

Are groovy brains more efficient?

May 21, 2025

Xavier Becerra and UC Berkeley Public Health Dean Michael C. Lu wearing graduation apparel

Xavier Becerra to UC Berkeley grads: With public health under attack, ‘It is game time.’

May 20, 2025

Frank Cahill smiles and holds up his hands as colorful confetti is all around him, showing the fun, playful spirit of the spelling bee and the people who run it

The world’s top spelling bee is coming up. This Berkeley Ph.D. student built the word list.

May 19, 2025

Two students hug each other wearing their regalia in the bleachers at UC Berkeley's 2025 campuswide commencement on May 17.

At UC Berkeley’s campuswide commencement, grads were grateful for their personal growth — and four Big Game wins in a row

May 17, 2025

A young woman holds her graduation cap and smiles. She is wearing a white dress and a gold-and-navy sash

Majoring in gender and women’s studies helped this graduate find her voice

May 16, 2025

Daniel Handler and Chanan Tigay talk on stage at an event for the Magnes' inaugural Jewish Arts & Bookfest

Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) on reading the authors you want to write like

May 16, 2025

Chancellor Lyons: Here’s to a great commencement

May 15, 2025

a man in a green hoodie holding a smiling baby with both arms

Infant born with deadly disease now thriving thanks to customized CRISPR treatment six months after birth

May 15, 2025

Priyanka D’Souza, pictured sitting on one of the wheeled stools installed as part of her MFA exhibition, before various works created for the exhibition mounted on a shelf viewable at seated height.

This Berkeley MFA exhibition probes how museums and institutions exclude disabled bodies

May 14, 2025

People standing in front of a room deliver a closing pitch about the platform SimpleGov.

In uncertain times, these UC Berkeley students are using tech to innovate democratic processes

May 14, 2025

Two images side by side: on the left, two knights fight each other on horseback; on the right, the knight ask a woman for forgiveness after he killed her husband

Why did medieval readers kiss, smudge and deface their books?

May 13, 2025

David Wilson (left), dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy, talks at a public discussion event with Janet Napolitano, former U.S. secretary of homeland security and current faculty director of the UC Berkeley Center for Security in Politics.

Napolitano: U.S. deportation push raises “profound” constitutional issues

May 12, 2025

green blob representing CRISPR enzyme on a blue double helix of DNA

Federal appeals court sends CRISPR-Cas9 patent case back to patent office for reconsideration

May 12, 2025

painting of a bright pink flamingo against a deep blue background, standing in water and creating little tornados

Flamingos create water tornados to trap their prey

May 12, 2025

a man in a red hat and winter gear stands onboard the green deck of a ship with red railing in Antarctica. He is holding a camera and filming something, looking focused.

In a tiny boat 7,800 miles from UC Berkeley, graduate students made a daring documentary

May 12, 2025