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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.

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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.

Two young girls sit closely together in this scene from the HBO series

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No. 1 book of the century, ‘My Brilliant Friend’, is subject of UC Berkeley research, courses

about a dozen dancers in the nutcracker suite perform on stage. six are wearing rat masks and dancing around a group of dancers who look frightened.

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The Sugar Rum Fairy? A freewheeling, jazzy reimagination of ‘The Nutcracker’

An extended family (grandparents, mother, small child, father) eat. and serve Thanksgiving table in this black-and-white photograph.

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How to think about Thanksgiving like a food historian

Poulomi Saha stands in front of a huge fireplace surrounded with decorative wrought iron.

Berkeley Voices: As crises escalate, so does our fascination with cults

Percival Everett speaks at a podium at a UC Berkeley event

‘James’ author Percival Everett discusses his ‘Huckleberry Finn’ retelling at a campus event 

a student sits at a voter registration table and smiles as another student approaches

Library’s trove of voter data is ‘a window into how our democracy functions’

UC Berkeley professor of psychology looks at a still frame from the Pixar film 'Inside Out 2'

UC Berkeley professor breaks down the science of ‘Inside Out 2’

A screenshot of a scene in Inkwo for When the Starving Return that shows a girl looking out on a field of beautiful purple flowers with an ominous-looking forest ahead.

Stop-motion animator creates immersive worlds for Indigenous stories

BERKELEY, CA - October 26 - Atmosphere at Shah Garg Collection at BAMPFA on October 26th 2024 at BAMFA in Berkeley, CA (Photo - Drew Altizer Photography)

One of the world’s largest collections of work by women artists is now on view at BAMPFA

a colorful map of uc berkeley's campus showing historical and present day landmarks related to the LGBTQ community

Nine LGBTQ+ landmarks to discover at UC Berkeley

A traditional Indonesian musical ensemble performs

New 100-seat performance hall opens on campus

A student reads a book in a campus library and is sitting at a large wooden table.

World Humanities Report, directed by UC Berkeley’s Sara Guyer, warns of extinction risk to human knowledge

A photo showing three screens playing three videos, with one displaying a piece of paper on fire and another showing a man standing amid smoke

A new BAMPFA exhibit grapples with Syria’s civil war, inviting students to reflect

Seven acrobatic performers dressed like pro wrestlers perform a scene in a ring

Circus arts meet pro wrestling in a raucous theatrical performance

Performers on stage in the Broadway show,

Two centuries later, performance spaces still struggle with ‘soft censorship’

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