People

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Awards

Four UC Berkeley faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering

A chemical engineer, a biochemist, a roboticist and a laser dynamicist are among the new members.

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Awards

School of Education strengthens Ph.D. pathways for HBCU students

Clare Cooper Marcus in a backyard.

Milestones

In memoriam of Professor Emerita Clare Cooper Marcus, expert in user-centered design

Emma Pierson stands in front of a white board that is covered in mathematical equations.

People

AI has a bias problem. Can we build something smarter?

Elizabeth Dupuis

‘Stay curious’: Elizabeth Dupuis closes her final chapter at the UC Berkeley Library

In memoriam of Professor Emeritus of City & Regional Planning Michael Teitz

Victoria Hernandez Padilla

From ‘too much’ to just right: How one student found a home at Berkeley

Two UC Berkeley professors elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Tosh Lupoi

Tosh Lupoi named as Cal’s 35th head football coach

(left) Then: Leyna Quinn-Davidson as a child; (right) Now: Lenya Quinn-Davidson on a private property near Yosemite National Park

Then / Now / Next: Ecologist Lenya Quinn-Davidson is rethinking California’s relationship with fire

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How the Terner Center for Housing Innovation shaped California’s decade of housing reform

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23 boxes and a suitcase full of tapes: How a linguist’s lifelong work is shaping Indigenous language today

Elisabeth “Betty” Sadoulet lectures a class.

In memoriam of Agricultural & Resources Economics Professor Elisabeth Sadoulet

Side by side portrait of John Cho with a photo of Cho in 1995 on the left and a photo of Cho in 2025 on the right

Then / Now / Next: Actor John Cho on finding independence and identity at UC Berkeley

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Reporting started at UC Berkeley’s Investigative Reporting Program leads to two new police reform laws

Catherine Lhamon does an interview in a podcast studio

Voices Carry: Renowned public service lawyer on protecting democracy