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a multistory museum with a brown lattice exterior pictured at night, with a white obelisk rising in the background.

Arts & culture

Executive actions aim to reshape America’s cultural institutions. UC Berkeley scholars react

As the Trump administration seeks to redirect museum and arts organizations, Berkeley academics assess the impact of pulled funding and new directives.

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

two youth and an adult dressed in traditional Ukrainian outfits

Campus & community

Student Vitaliia Yaremko: ‘I’m more proud than ever to be Ukrainian’

Michael Drake stands wearing a suit and tie, smiling

Campus & community

President Drake: We stand in solidarity with Historically Black Colleges and Universities

A person in protective clothing walks through an empty 2,000-bed medical facility for COVID-19 patients in Iran.

COVID-19: What we should learn from this pandemic

Protestors holding up a unity sigh at an anti-Asian hate protest

How can Black and Asian American communities build power? Unity.

Rose Wilkerson smiles for the camera as a teenager

After Thoughts: ‘I’m American, regardless of how my ancestors got here’

Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier while officers hold onto the barrier and pull it back

Why were Trump loyalists allowed to storm the Capitol?

Bursts of explosions are seen during fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijan's forces near Shushi outside Stepanakert, the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. Fighting over the separatist territory of Nagorno-Karabakh entered sixth week on Sunday.

Why violence has re-emerged in Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

Kaleo Fernandez stands on a soccer field staring pensively ahead

Student-athlete reflects on the importance of diversity and inclusion

Reece Whitley smiling in the swimming pool after completing a race

UC Berkeley swimmer finds role in fight for racial justice

an unidentified protestor holds an upside down american flag in front of a burning storefront

On George Floyd and the struggle to belong

Beyond the wall: A Q&A with Wendy Brown

Commentator Van Jones on seeking environmental justice during climate change

A letter to my students: I still have hope because of you — now vote

Chancellor Christ standing above sproul plaza

Chancellor Christ: Our authentic and ever-changing story

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