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Frank Cahill smiles and holds up his hands as colorful confetti is all around him, showing the fun, playful spirit of the spelling bee and the people who run it

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The world’s top spelling bee is coming up. This Berkeley Ph.D. student built the word list.

Comparative literature student Frank Cahill competed in the Scripps National Spelling Bee as an eighth grader. This year, on May 28 and 29, he’ll be on the other side of the stage.

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Majoring in gender and women’s studies helped this graduate find her voice

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In a tiny boat 7,800 miles from UC Berkeley, graduate students made a daring documentary

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

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Six UC Berkeley alumni named 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners

In turbulent times, 2025 University Medal finalists excelled through idealism, hard work

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The key to success for this year’s University Medalist? Curiosity and collaboration

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How two graduating siblings found their ‘second act’ at UC Berkeley

Several Berkeley Journalism faculty and alumni honored with 2025 Pulitzer Prizes

Anastasios Angelopoulos (L) and Wei-Lin Chiang, founders of Chatbot Arena.

As companies pour billions into AI, a ranking system by UC Berkeley students has all eyes on it

Emily Thompson, clad in a cap and gown, holds her 2-year-old, Caspian, also wearing a small gown, while her other kid, River, stands next to her. She's smiling widely.

After wilderness therapy, this graduate found her own path at UC Berkeley

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National Academy of Sciences adds eight from UC Berkeley to its ranks

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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Six UC Berkeley faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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

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To understand immigration today, a UC Berkeley sociologist documented 200 personal stories

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