People

Amy Lerman standing in front of a red brick wall, with a mass of green plants at the left

Awards

Berkeley public policy scholar Amy Lerman wins Carnegie Fellowship

Lerman, executive director of the Possibility Lab, studies civic engagement and public opinion as they relate to public safety and social inequality in America.

Humanities

Ethnic Studies marks its PhD program’s 40th anniversary

A man in his 70s wearing a Stone Harbor hoodie and a Carleton College baseball cap stands in front of a flowering tree and wood-paneled windows

Arts & culture

After a 50-year leave of absence, returning to Berkeley’s School of Journalism

Campus & community

Finding Space: How accommodations can transform teaching

Ashmita Kumar holds a prize from startup competition at UC Berkeley.

With AI and an iPhone, UC Berkeley student’s startup aims to detect stroke signs and save lives

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Seven faculty members named fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fiona McFarlane holds an award for The Story Prize and smiles

English Professor Fiona McFarlane’s ‘Highway Thirteen’ wins The Story Prize

In Memoriam: Ben Dillon

Jake Merioles, a student painter, stands with his back to the camera at an easel in Memorial Glade, working on a painting of University Library. The Campanile is sticking up over the top of the library and the sky is blue with small white clouds. Merioles is wearing a black shirt.

Without his Friday painting sessions, Jake Merioles says, ‘I wouldn’t be the person I am today.’

Ron Rivera pictured on field as head coach of the Washington Commanders.

Ron Rivera announced as general manager of Cal football program

Headshots of Helen Bateup, Dan Garcia, Kranthi Mandadapu, Mark Sandberg and Sarah Stanley

‘Tremendously effective teachers’: Five UC Berkeley instructors receive Distinguished Teaching Award

Nelson Graburn, UC Berkeley professor who studied the effects and meaning of tourism, dies at 88

Brian Staskawicz standing in front of some trees.

UC Berkeley professor Brian Staskawicz awarded Wolf Prize in Agriculture

a brown furry animal with black eyes and a pointy snout photographed on the ground amid green and yellow plants

This shy California shrew avoided the camera and the limelight — until now

A gold-tinted composite photo showing four people awarded scholarships from the Robinson International Scholars Program. Three of the people look toward the camera, while one, with her hands on her hips, looks proudly to the side

After life as refugees, these UC Berkeley students strive to tackle global problems

Two people wearing UC Berkeley scoop dirt with golden shovels.

New Engineering Center to be named after UC Berkeley alumni Michael and Janelle Grimes

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