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Carol Christ and Jeff MacKie-Mason walk down a hall side by side

Arts & culture

Carol Christ, UC Berkeley chancellor emerita, appointed Cal Performances board of trustees co-chair

A lifelong enthusiast of the arts, Christ is joining former University Librarian Jeff MacKie-Mason, who has served as co-chair since 2021.

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Campus & community

A message about UC Berkeley’s response to changes in intercollegiate athletics

Campus & community

Michael Bolden selected to be next dean of UC Berkeley Journalism

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Campus news

This new BAMPFA exhibit explores the art and history of African American quilts

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‘Crucial for the human spirit’: Why the music major is booming at Berkeley

Two people wearing caps and gowns stand together and smile amidst a crowd of other graduates.

Perplexity co-founder and Berkeley alum urges graduates to ‘think about humanity’

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

Chancellor Lyons: Here’s to a great commencement

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

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

Lewis Hamilton in a white suit, Angela Bassett in a blue suit wearing a black velvet hat, Zendaya in a white suit and matching wide-brimmed hat, Gigi Hadid in a gold dress, and Ayo Edebiri in a white and coral dress, all on a blue carpet

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

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Planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton to head Space Sciences Laboratory

Group portrait featuring (left to right): Julia Schaletzky, Smriti Mehta and Will Fithian, against the carved-stone backdrop of an elegant old campus building.

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

James B. Milliken

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

Workers building a stand and case to hold a large Diego Rivera mural at Doe Library.

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

Kelly Sparks, Berkeley's new vice chancellor for finance and chief financial officer, wears a black blazer and floral blouse. Her arms are crossed in front of her and she has dark-rimmed eyeglasses and shoulder-length blonde hair.

Kelly Sparks is campus’s new vice chancellor for finance, CFO

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