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Humanities

Ethnic Studies marks its PhD program’s 40th anniversary

Chair Keith Feldman said the graduate program, which is the oldest in the country, "prides itself on developing rigorous, ethical approaches to wrestling with questions of race, national belonging, immigration, state power and citizenship.”

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Campus & community

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

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New African American history lecture series created to honor beloved professor

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Bruce Ames, developer of a simple, widely used test to detect carcinogens, is dead at 95

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Physicist Paul Richards, a pioneer in studies of the cosmic microwave background, dies at 90

Jeff Davis, the retiring university carillonist, sits on the bench of the grand carillon on the observation deck of the Campanile. His body is turned toward the camera and he's wearing eye glasses, a beard, a short-sleeved plaid shirt and a smile.

Retiring University Carillonist Jeff Davis reflects on ‘the coolest job in the world’

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Eric T. Meyer will lead UC Berkeley’s School of Information

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A conversation with outgoing biological sciences dean Michael Botchan

A view of San Francisco Bay from the Berkeley hills. The top of the Campanile is front and center, with shimmering water and the Golden Gate Bridge beyond. The entire photo is cast in a golden light.

It’s golden: UC Berkeley’s Light the Way campaign raises $7.37 billion

An informal portrait with tessellation of former UC President David Pierpont Gardner sitting outside, with tall dry grass and a snowy field in the background

Remembering David P. Gardner, historic advocate for California higher education

the sun shines through the arch at the Haas School of Business

Berkeley Haas celebrates 125 years of reimagining business

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Cheri A. Pies, author of pioneering book on lesbian parenting, dies at 73

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Berkeley Journalism mourns death of Emeritus Professor Andrew Stern

Claude Stoller, pioneer of affordable housing design, has died

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James Valentine, paleontologist who grappled with the origin of animal diversity, has died at 96

Michelle Young named new dean for UC Berkeley School of Education

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