Profiles

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.

Arts & culture

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

The sophomore heads outdoors weekly to paint landscapes of the campus — with a circle of friends nearby.

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

Campus & community

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

a photo collage of brenda eskenazi, with a black and white portrait in the center surrounded by smaller photos

People

A Berkeley environmental epidemiologist’s journey from Woodstock to America’s salad bowl

People

Jelani Nelson uses computer science tools to replicate human thought

Forging a new path: Veteran Katie Suwalkowski on resilience, community, and mental health

A person uses a laptop with Ava's transcription tools

This company’s mission is to make the world accessible to Deaf people. It all started at Berkeley’s Big Ideas Contest

Yesenia Ochoa

‘I’m just one of millions of migrant students working hard to achieve their goals’

smiling man with glasses in a dark blue suit sitting at a desk

A Q&A with the new dean of biological sciences, Richard Harland

A portrait of Eric T. Meyer standing with his arms crossed.

Meet Eric Meyer, the new dean of Berkeley’s I School

an illustration showing firearm bullets, a city, and a community garden, as if to indicate the ways that gun violence is connected to the built environment and public policy

UC Berkeley course explores gun violence as a public health issue

Student aims to improve AI for underserved languages and communities

cutout headshots of four people against a blue and gold background

Four new faculty hires are a quantum leap for experimental physics

Coach Mo walks off the field, away from student-athlete Mykolas Alekna, with a huge grin on his face

Behind Cal’s Olympic throwers, a fiercely dedicated coach

Jeff MacKie-Mason, dressed in all black, sits on a couch and smiles for a portrait

Jeff MacKie-Mason has seen the future of libraries

William Carter wears headphones and listens as a computer program reads text from transcribed slave ship logs, the original of which is displayed on a computer screen.

With newly digitized slave ship logs, Berkeley Ph.D. student examines race, power — and literacy

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’