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

Arts & culture

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

The bestselling author, known for penning the popular series of children's novels A Series of Unfortunate Events spoke at the Magnes' inaugural Jewish Arts and Bookfest earlier this month.

Campus & community

Chancellor Lyons: Here’s to a great commencement

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.

Politics & society

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

People

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

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

An image of the Pulitzer Prize medal shows the front and the back. The medal is gold, with the image of Ben Franklin on one side and on the back is someone operating a printing press.

Six UC Berkeley alumni named 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners

Several Berkeley Journalism faculty and alumni honored with 2025 Pulitzer Prizes

A lone wolf walks through yellow grassland

What we really need in the fight against extinction

The dome of the California state capitol in Sacramento, with flags

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

James B. Milliken named 22nd president of the University of California

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

an ob/gyn uses an ultrasound and points toward a fetus on a screen

State abortion bans haven’t led to mass exodus of OB-GYNs, study finds

an illustration of two people hugging, both using devices over the other person's shoulder

Science of Happiness: Why going offline might save us

about a dozen covers of books in the 2025 summer reading list

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

A farmer stands in a corn field and inspects a stalk of corn.

New tool helps protect corn farmers and insurers from future climate extremes

a group photo of a large group of people of various races in a conference room

Pulitzer-winning journalism professor discusses a ‘radical’ Berkeley experiment to develop the next generation of investigative reporters

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