Posts by Gretchen Kell

Two musicians in the UC Nu Jazz Collective play guitar onstage in the emsemble at a performance at Wu Hall, a new venue in Morrison Hall. The students are seated with music stands in front of them and their amplified guitars in their grasp.

Arts & culture

Musical gifts: New campus performance hall, an unprecedented surge in music majors

Wu Performance Hall is a much-needed, midsize venue for intimate concerts and helps address the 236% increase in music majors from 2020 to 2024.

A student walks through snow in a forest in the Sierra dragging a cut Christmas tree that is destined for a truck filled with other cut trees for the Forestry Club's annual Christmas tree sale on campus.

Campus & community

Forest fresh: Cal Forestry Club’s tree sale starts Sunday

Nox the falcon flies past the Campanile on June 5, 2024.

Campus news

Nox the falcon died of pneumonia, says UC Davis veterinary pathology report

A photo of Nox the falcon, along with flowers and other tributes are being left under the Campanile by his admirers, who learned of the raptor's death today.

Campus & community

Falcon fans mourn and remember Nox, UC Berkeley’s youngest peregrine

Nox, the youngest and smallest of the four new falcons on campus, flies for the first time on Tuesday, June 4.

Nox the falcon has died, UC Davis wildlife specialists report

Nox the falcon flies toward a grove of eucalyptus trees in an East Bay shoreline park.

Nox the UC Berkeley falcon returns to UC Davis for hospitalization

Nox the falcon flies toward a grove of eucalyptus trees in an East Bay shoreline park.

Ups and downs continue for Nox, UC Berkeley’s youngest falcon

Nox the falcon takes flight out of his release box at an East Bay shoreline park as a member of the UC Davis California Raptor Center staff encourages him as she crouches by the box.

Nox the UC Berkeley falcon flies again, his broken wing mended

Chancellor Lyons, wearing a Berkeley Changemaker sweatshirt, talks with a campus RA, a resident assistant, during one of the fall move-in days. She is wearing a gold

New chancellor, new housing and robot ramen help kick off Berkeley’s 2024 fall semester

A view of Anchor House, a new building created just for transfer students, as seen from Oxford Street, across from the West Crescent lawn.

Introducing UC Berkeley’s Anchor House, a remarkable gift built especially for transfer students

Nox, the youngest and smallest of the four new falcons on campus, flies for the first time on Tuesday, June 4.

Hard knocks for Nox, UC Berkeley’s youngest peregrine falcon

In late June 2024, people watch recreated footraces at Berkeley's archaeological excavation site in Ancient Nemea, Greece, while sitting on the slopes of the stadium using rugs and blankets.

As the Olympics begin, Berkeley marks 50 years of excavating the Games’ origins in Greece

Ken LIght, a Berkeley professor and documentary photojournalist, stands on the red carpeting of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee holding a camera and wearing a cap and vest.

Camera in hand, Berkeley professor chronicles this week’s Republican National Convention

An artist's rendering of what UC Berkeley's campus will look like in the future according to the campus master plan

Unprecedented campus construction marked Carol Christ’s chancellorship

Jeff Davis, the retiring university carillonist, sits on the bench of the grand carillon on the observation deck of the Campanile. His body is turned toward the camera and he's wearing eye glasses, a beard, a short-sleeved plaid shirt and a smile.

Retiring University Carillonist Jeff Davis reflects on ‘the coolest job in the world’

Sol, one of the two young female falcons, flies for the first time on Tuesday, June 4, past the observation deck of the Campanile.

And they’re off! UC Berkeley’s young falcons are flying