Berkeley News

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Research

Not one, but two massive black holes are eating away at this galaxy

UC Berkeley astronomers found a stealth black hole that is a companion to the massive black hole in the galaxy’s core. One day, the two might merge and produce a ripple of gravitational waves.

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Arts & culture

Six UC Berkeley alumni named 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners

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People

Dr. Malcolm Potts, gutsy global changemaker for reproductive health and women’s rights, dies at 90

Arts & culture

Why Berkeley’s Center for Jewish Studies teaches three Jewish languages

Spotlight: Commencement 2025

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The key to success for this year’s University Medalist? Curiosity and collaboration

In turbulent times, 2025 University Medal finalists excelled through idealism, hard work

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After wilderness therapy, this graduate found her own path at UC Berkeley

Research

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Mind & body

Indigenous knowledge helps biotech find new drugs. This grad student wants those companies to give back.

Many successful drugs are based on medicinal plants used and stewarded for generations by Native communities. A UC Berkeley doctoral student says these communities should also benefit.

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Politics & society

Good news, bad news, in report on the state of California democracy

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Opinion

What we really need in the fight against extinction

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Mind & body

Study finds stored drinking water can spread harmful bacteria

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Mind & body

UC Berkeley research reveals the not-so-secret life of gut bacteria

Arts & culture

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Did the Met Gala’s attendees live up to its Black dandy-inspired theme? UC Berkeley experts discuss

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This year’s UC Berkeley summer reading list theme? Generosity

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Podcasts

Dense housing in San Francisco

Berkeley Talks: In 1970, one in five Americans moved every year. Now it’s one in 13. What changed?

Ann Johnson sits in her wheelchair with a cord plugged into a neuroprosthesis implant while she participates in a clinical trial helping to restore her ability to speak with a brain-computer interface

Berkeley Voices: A stroke left her ‘locked in.’ With the help of AI, she heard her voice again.

People

Anastasios Angelopoulos (L) and Wei-Lin Chiang, founders of Chatbot Arena.

As companies pour billions into AI, a ranking system by UC Berkeley students has all eyes on it

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Planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton to head Space Sciences Laboratory

Campus & community

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With right and left deeply divided, emerging UC Berkeley groups embrace the ‘vital center’

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Stunning Diego Rivera mural starts a new chapter at UC Berkeley’s Doe Library

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