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Awards

Economist James A. Robinson, a new Nobel laureate, left a lasting impact in his years at UC Berkeley

Robinson helped to transform the study of development in low-income countries, and built a network of influential former students. His win is now one of four 2024 Nobel Prizes awarded to scholars with UC Berkeley connections.

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David Baker, a UC Berkeley Ph.D., awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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Alumnus Gary Ruvkun shares 2024 Nobel Prize for discovering microRNA

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UC Berkeley Professor Michael Yartsev named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

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Omar Yaghi wins prestigious Tang Prize for Sustainable Development

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UC Berkeley neuroscientist and nanoscientist among this year’s Kavli Prize winners

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Bakar Fellows program partners with Academic Innovation Catalyst to announce 2024 Spark Awards

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Forced into COVID-era isolation, University Medal finalists embraced resilience, compassion

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UC Berkeley faculty members elected to National Academy of Sciences

Seven UC Berkeley scientists elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Six UC Berkeley scientists elected lifetime fellows of AAAS

Circle-shaped headshots of Jennifer Redfearn and John Connelly, UC Berkeley's newest recipients of Guggenheim Fellowships, are in shades of blue.

UC Berkeley historian, documentary filmmaker are 2024 Guggenheim Fellows

2024 Bakar Prize recipients target skin disease, spintronics and tree bark

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Nine young faculty members receive prized Sloan Research Fellowships

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Two UC Berkeley engineers elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Carol Mimura as post doc at Berkeley doing an experiment in the lab.

Carol Mimura’s message to innovators: ‘Take risks. There is no shame in failure.’

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