Posts by Public Affairs

A bagpiper plays and walks through the crowd at the 2024 campus memorial.

Campus & community

UC Berkeley gathers to remember those lost over the past year

The annual campus memorial recognizes the passing of extraordinary lives from across the Berkeley community.

A portrait of Eric T. Meyer standing with his arms crossed.

People

Meet Eric Meyer, the new dean of Berkeley’s I School

The white cover of an artist book with a sepia-toned drawing of an eye next to a row of several vials labeled things like,

Arts & culture

Artists’ books shine in new exhibit at the UC Berkeley Library

Aileen Liu, Hernan Garcia, Christian Paiz and Arianne Eason sit in chairs on a dark stage and talk

Campus & community

Berkeley Talks: What is understanding? Berkeley scholars discuss

Four researchers walk across a grassy plateau with a view of moutains in the background.

UC Berkeley launches new center focused on environmental stewardship

Landscape architect Walter Hood sits, smiling, as he speaks to the camera next to a still photo of a bridge.

Landscape architecture is more people than plants, says UC Berkeley professor

A hand holding three illustrations of faces, one with a straight face, one with a frown and one with a smile, meant to illustrate the connection between feeling stressed about being happy and how that can make a person feel sad

Stop worrying about being happy. It’s making you more depressed.

Chancellor Rich Lyons gestures towards the camera as he speaks towards the viewer.

Chancellor Lyons welcomes UC Berkeley to a new academic year

Michael Pollan and Mina Kim sit on stage in conversation

Berkeley Talks: It’s not just psychedelics that change minds, says Michael Pollan. Storytelling does, too.

With a new chancellor, updates to the UC Berkeley brand

Rich Lyons: What free speech, community mean to UC Berkeley

A close up of the star on Sather Gate in autumnal light

Embracing our Principles of Community, honoring our legacy of free speech

Students sit on the edge of Ludwig's Fountain on Sproul Plaza on a sunny day.

Updates on UC-wide campus climate efforts

drake, in a suit, gestures whiile talking to chancellor carol christ outside of california hall

A letter from Michael Drake, UC system president

Students studying in the library

Celebrating UC Berkeley’s record-breaking fundraising year

A landscape with alternating grassy and forested patches.

Reforestation is more cost-effective than previously thought, study finds